2021 | Carraovejas 'Cuesta de las Liebres' | Ribera del Duero Ca' Viola Fiano provides the acid driven

Fiano provides the acid driven backbone of the wine and

tropical fruits and acacia

Edges of hop bitterness set a lovely accent

I very much like this understated effort as it is an exercise in harmony and refinement and while there is the usual taut muscularity of a classic Corton-Charlemagne

taut and fresh

2021 | Carraovejas 'Cuesta de las Liebres' | Ribera del Duero Ca' Viola Fiano provides the acid drivenFrom the vineyard of the same name, the 2021 Cuesta De Las Liebres is a knockout, from a hillside vineyard of terraced vines. Aged 24 months in French oak, the first year in new, the second in second use, all fine grained, and bottled in June 2024, the tannins are well integrated and dusty, nearly chalky. Its truly a beautiful expression of variety, vintage, and site, reaching perfection in its fine tuned, full bodied layers of rich cassis, oak spice,