Marques de Caceres Rioja Gaudium 2020 NO20230816 it shows fresh red berries

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

a technique that captures the variety's crisp

more about texture and savor than the usual peppery snap

and this is a great example

named for the amber-tinged hue that defined Pinot Noir Champagne in the early 1900s

Marques de Caceres Rioja Gaudium 2020 NO20230816 it shows fresh red berriesThis 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