Condado de Haza Ribera del Duero Crianza 2021 BFCM21ALL bottled unfiltered

bottled unfiltered

leesy richness

Benjamin Laroche — working outside his family's much larger operation — ferments this mostly in stainless steel with a portion in old barrels

and the wine that emerges is stony and floral rather than rich

dry-farmed Dijon clones rooted in the volcanic basalts of the Eola-Amity Hills

Condado de Haza Ribera del Duero Crianza 2021 BFCM21ALL bottled unfilteredCondado de Haza is where the Pesquera dynasty stretches its legs. Alejandro Fernandez the man widely credited with dragging Ribera del Duero into the modern era bought this estate near Roa in 1987 as the family's dedicated second home for Tempranillo. It's all estate grown fruit off some 200 hectares surrounding a chateau style winery, made as a more structured, terroir driven expression than the famous Pesquera. This Crianza spends around 15 months