Torre de Ona Fina San Martin Rioja Crianza 2021 Central Otago One must taste and drink

One must taste and drink them with a perspective of a vigneron in the Rheingau

The higher clay content soil makes for a wine that is just plain delicious in the first several years in bottle and aging well for up to 10 years

The vines planted in the 1950s and 1960s now have excellent age and the children of Sylvie are in the process of taking over the running of the estate working with Bruno Gaspard who has been overseeing the winemaking since 2002

This is very good

Torre de Ona Fina San Martin Rioja Crianza 2021 Central Otago One must taste and drinkThe Wine Made from 100% Tempranillo, sourced from the Vallecilla, Camino de Laguardia, and Finca San Martn vineyards at 600 meters altitude on limestone rich soil. Fermented in tank, then aged for 16 months in 60% new, house coopered American oak barrels and 40% French oak barrels and manually racked three times during elevage. 91 Pts Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 'The 2021 Finca San Martn is a varietal Tempranillo from the younger vines. It fermented