Ghostnote founder Brad Friedman is one of a tiny handful of California producers giving it a serious go
farming limestone-rich sites around Kenzingen and Malterdingen without herbicides or pesticides
Muga is one of the last great traditionalists in Rioja — a family house in Haro that still builds its own barrels in an on-site cooperage and fines its wines with egg whites
Moving into caramel and toffee
mouthwatering minerally acidity
CVNE Cune Rioja Crianza Tinto 2022 25OFF2024BFCM Ghostnote founder Brad Friedman isThis is the wine that started it all: CVNE has made its Cune Crianza every single year since the house was founded in Haro in 1879. (The 'Cune' name, by the way, is a printer's happy accidenta misread of the initials C. V. N. E.) Tempranillo leads, rounded out with Garnacha and Mazuelo, aged a year in American oak in the classic Rioja style. It's medium bodied, fresh, and fruit forward, with just enough oak driven vanilla and spice to feel