Marques de Caceres Rioja Gaudium 2020 121825OFFER and began bottling under his

and began bottling under his own name in 2010

high enough that the fruit holds onto its nerve

working without added sulfur

creating wines "stripped to their essence" that reveal the distinct personalities of each site

Traditional Barolo from two of Castiglione Falletto's finest crus: Villero and Valletti (in the Mariondino vineyard)

Marques de Caceres Rioja Gaudium 2020 121825OFFER and began bottling under hisThis 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