Alberto Orte Cadiz Tintilla Vara y Pulgar 2022 CRV This comes from a hillside

This comes from a hillside vineyard at the edge of the Edna Valley

Forey is not flashy and neither are his wines

and Promontory

Bouzy is the grandest Grand Cru on the Montagne de Reims for Pinot Noir

with a subtle earthy edge

Alberto Orte Cadiz Tintilla Vara y Pulgar 2022 CRV This comes from a hillsideTintilla de Rota was nearly extinct, a native red grape of the Cadiz coast all but plowed under in sherry country until Alberto Orte went looking for the last old vines. What he found makes a wine that has almost nothing to do with what you'd expect from southern Spain: dark, savory, and salt licked, grown on the same bright albariza chalk that gives fino its lift. Orte ferments with native yeasts, some whole clusters, and foot treading, then ages it