Dominio del Challao Rioja Virna 2022 0426JACKSON 8) and the vintage (2022)

8) and the vintage (2022)

and sweet structure in a concentrated format

Domaine Robert Ampeau has one of the strangest business models in Burgundy: they will not sell you the wine until they think it is ready

an oenologist who earned his stripes at Chateau Palmer and Domaine de la Romanee-Conti

Dominio del Challao Rioja Virna 2022 0426JACKSON 8) and the vintage (2022)An Argentine winemaker walks into Rioja. It sounds like a setup, but Manu Michelini of the Mendoza winemaking clan teamed up with Rioja native Carlos Fernandez in Labastida to farm old vines organically and biodynamically at around 600 meters, aging the wines in 12th century caves where the temperature and humidity simply don't move. Virna comes from the more vigorous sites: Tempranillo and Garnacha with a scattering of Mazuelo, Viura, Garnacha Blanca