Olivier Riviere Rioja Rayos Uva 2021 haut medoc The key element in great

The key element in great wines from Mendoza is restraint

While Ribeira del Duero is rightly famous for brooding

more delicate clone called Cesanese d’Affile – more commonly found in the neighboring DOC of the same name (we are aware this is confusing)

made in the image of Priorat

Olivier Riviere Rioja Rayos Uva 2021 haut medoc The key element in greatRioja as it is known today owes much to the French. During the slow rolling invasion of Phylloxera through Europes vineyards, there was a period in the late 19th century when the louse had not yet crossed the Pyrenees. Bordeaux winemakers, their livelihoods in tatters, fled across the mountains to Rioja, bringing Bordeauxs technical and commercial knowhow to a region of small farms and family sized bodegas. Olivier Rivire has come a century or so