Albillo Mayor, Riberio del Duero, Spain

A complex, umami-rich and spiced Spanish skin contact to warm and rejuvenate. Alfredo Maestro is a self-taught winemaker in the small town of Peñafiel, Ribera del Duero, focused on sourcing old, neglected and high-elevation parcels and caring for, and fermenting wines that reflect the regional grapes & thriving land. The floral, herbal and multi-fruited albillo mayor is sourced from several tiny vineyards across sandy-clay, and limestone soils, and features vine clones planted from 1891 to 1910! Seven days in contact with its skins picking up texture, ‘Consuelo’ then spends 12 months in barrels rolling around before emerging as this tight knit ball of energy. FUN FACT! Only 600 bottles of this were produced and we are overjoyed to have been able to bring this bottle right to you! Orchardly, with browning green apples, lime juice acidity, bitter orange, packaged mushroom, pine resin, a honeyed richness, flouncy florals & eroding cliffside minerality. Enjoy after an afternoon of strolling through the nearest wooded area, admiring the dainty icicles, snow-topped evergreens and following the smallest bunny footprints and pacing crow tracks in their snowdrift dance.