This 2015 wine from Rioja is a fantastic bargain, a clean experience on the palate, boosted by a creamy richness unusual in wines at this price point. Even better, it goes with everything, except, unless you’re desperate, red sauce.
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The Baron De Ley vineyard handpicks its grapes, Viura, Verdejo and Malvasia, and ices them on the way to the crusher, to limit taste-inhibiting oxidation.
(Please phone your wine store, read them the label, and be sure to tell them the distributor is Worldwide. If they happen to be out of stock, good wine stores will have it for you from the distributor within 24 hours.)