Algueira Pizarra 2014 giant-steps 100% grown from Escarpment’s Te

100% grown from Escarpment’s Te Muna Road site - considered a remarkable chardonnay vineyard

to the nose it shows intense and persistent perfumes of wild flowers and aromas of yellow pulp fruit such as peach

wine is aged in fine grained French and American oak

sweet-fruited

naturally fermented

Algueira Pizarra 2014 giant-steps 100% grown from Escarpment’s TeAlgueira's flagship Menca comes from the oldest vines of the Estate, mainly from the sun trapping, unbelievably steep, 80% slope of the Carballocovo vineyard. Here the vines have over 70 vintages behind them. Pizarra is a local word for the slate soils that seem to bring a pungent, smoky minerality to the wine. Nominated, by Jess Barqun et al. in The Finest Wines of Rioja and Northwest Spain, as one of Galicia's top 10 reds, this is clearly one of the