Valenciso Rioja Reserva 2019 070226CRISP Château de Villeneuve in Souzay-Champigny

Château de Villeneuve in Souzay-Champigny is one of Saumur's most respected addresses for both Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc

Les Penitents comes from Cotes de la Charite

one planted in 1973 and an un-grafted vineyard planted in 1972

Roussanne and Viognier

loaded with compelling scents of dried apricot

Valenciso Rioja Reserva 2019 070226CRISP Château de Villeneuve in Souzay-ChampignyFor years, Valenciso made exactly one wine. Luis Valentin and Carmen Enciso, both Rioja natives with long careers in the region behind them, founded the estate for the 1998 vintage and staked everything on a single Reserva. This 2019 comes from seventeen organically managed plots scattered across Rioja Alta villages including Villalba, Gimileo, Rodezno, Briones and Haro, all Tempranillo, hand harvested, fermented with indigenous yeasts in concrete,