2021 | CVNE "Real de Asúa" | Rioja | Spain Bodegas Alfredo Maestro sophisticated and polished

sophisticated and polished

There’s a flinty edge to the poached apricot and white cherry fruit flavors on display in this leesy white

the wine is full-bodied and structured

The black fruit reflects in the palette with baking spices and a long finish

2021 | CVNE "Real de Asúa" | Rioja | Spain Bodegas Alfredo Maestro sophisticated and polishedA single vineyard Rioja icon that trades on La Place de Bordeaux 100% Tempranillo, just 12,000 bottles. CVNE has been one of Rioja's defining houses since 1879, when the Real de Asa brothers founded it in Haro. Named in their honor, this is a single vineyard bottling: 100% Tempranillo from the Carromaza plot in Villalba, Rioja Alta, native yeast fermented and aged in French oak, made in tiny quantity. Since 2019 it has held a place on La Place de