Algueira Pizarra 2014 giant-steps a touch of the combination

a touch of the combination of sweet fruit and refreshing bitterness of sucking the last fruit off a cherry pip

35% whole bunch the remainder lightly destemmed to retain whole berries before a 4 day cold soak

wine is aged in fine grained French and American oak

distinctively flavored with citrus overtones

100% grown from Escarpment’s Te Muna Road site - considered a remarkable chardonnay vineyard

Algueira Pizarra 2014 giant-steps a touch of the combinationAlgueira's flagship Menca comes from the oldest vines of the Estate, mainly from the sun trapping, unbelievably steep, 80% slope of the Carballocovo vineyard. Here the vines have over 70 vintages behind them. Pizarra is a local word for the slate soils that seem to bring a pungent, smoky minerality to the wine. Nominated, by Jess Barqun et al. in The Finest Wines of Rioja and Northwest Spain, as one of Galicia's top 10 reds, this is clearly one of the