Winemaker Mercedes Garcia Ruperez has made huge improvements in both vineyard and cellar and these are now textbook examples of traditional style Rioja made with modern techniques
the German name for the technique
who make a range of very high quality wines
being delicious when young although it will also develop well in bottle over 5-10 years
where the vines are an average of 40 years old
Corbieres Blanc, Chateau La Bastide 2023 Region_Dorset Winemaker Mercedes Garcia Ruperez hasCorbires is perhaps better known for its red wines but this is an excellent example of its whites, from an historic property in the far north of the region, just to the south of Minervois. A blend of typical south of France varieties are aged on their lees for six months, a portion fermented in new oak barrels to give extra richness and complexity, producing a rounded, medium bodied white, floral and aromatic with bright, ripe fruit and underlying