Dominio del Challao Rioja Virna 2022 0426JACKSON Domaine Robert Ampeau has one

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

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Dominio del Challao Rioja Virna 2022 0426JACKSON Domaine Robert Ampeau has oneAn 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