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

a Tuscan dessert wine

and almost nobody in California plants it

Local lore tells of mysterious lights that appeared on nearby Mt

Rosso di Valtellina is the entry point to the range

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