Marques de Caceres Rioja Gaudium 2020 NO20230816 jasmine and peony

jasmine and peony

Healthy fruit is pushed to the point of extreme ripeness where they are about to fall off the tree on their own before being hand picked

also made of French oak

it shows fresh red berries and sweet spices with vibrant freshness and beautiful purity

more about texture and savor than the usual peppery snap

Marques de Caceres Rioja Gaudium 2020 NO20230816 jasmine and peonyThis is the bottle Marques de Caceres makes when it wants to prove a point. Gaudium (Latin for joy) comes from tiny old vine plots scattered across Rioja Alta and the high terraces of Rioja Alavesa, some vines over seventy years old and a few pre phylloxera survivors past a century. Yields are brutal by design, under a kilo of fruit per plant, and the grapes are hand picked in small boxes and sorted cluster by cluster before native yeast fermentation