2019 MicroBio 'Microbio' Verdejo Rueda, Spain Cotar 8-10ppm SO2

8-10ppm SO2

2020 Vinedos Herrera Alvarado 'Cuero de Vaca' Tinto

Both sites have typical clay-limestone marls

Both the alcoholic and malolactic fermentations happen spontaneously in old neutral French barriques and 300L barrels

VINEYARD: Assembled from vines throughout the estate’s holdings

2019 MicroBio 'Microbio' Verdejo Rueda, Spain Cotar 8-10ppm SO2100% Verdejo organically grown over sandy soils with gravel and clay deposits. Grapes are hand harvested, gentle pressing of the whole vintage (unlike some of his other wines), partial racking, and spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks and old foudre. Aged for 5 months with fine lees in 1,500L old foudres. Bottled unfined, unfiltered, and zero SO2. Deliciously aromatic with a hazy sunrise hue in the glass. Ismael