Dominio del Challao Rioja Virna 2022 0426JACKSON and it's one of the

and it's one of the sites that convinced the Racines team - Burgundy's Etienne de Montille and Brian Sieve

native-yeast fermented over 15-20 days of gentle maceration

Dense with mature sugar and fiber and a complexity that speaks to its age

and sweet structure in a concentrated format

Dominio del Challao Rioja Virna 2022 0426JACKSON and it's one of theAn Argentine winemaker walks into Rioja. It sounds like a setup, but Manu Michelini of the Mendoza winemaking clan teamed up with Rioja native Carlos Fernandez in Labastida to farm old vines organically and biodynamically at around 600 meters, aging the wines in 12th century caves where the temperature and humidity simply don't move. Virna comes from the more vigorous sites: Tempranillo and Garnacha with a scattering of Mazuelo, Viura, Garnacha Blanca