Alberto Orte Cadiz Tintilla Vara y Pulgar 2022 070226ROBUST A rare tête de cuvée

A rare tête de cuvée from a perfectionist Northern Rhône producer

Local lore tells of mysterious lights that appeared on nearby Mt

or in a spritz

this is well-cut and minerally

The Souverain bottling by Henriot is made up of half chardonnay

Alberto Orte Cadiz Tintilla Vara y Pulgar 2022 070226ROBUST A rare tête de cuvéeTintilla 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