Marques de Tomares, Rioja Gran Reserva, 2016 so060625 billecart offer 40% Chardonnay

40% Chardonnay

Jean-Marie Fourrier farms with minimal intervention

in the cool Santa Lucia Highlands

blending fermented grape wine with ginger and other botanicals

almost velvety texture that still carries a refined backbone

Marques de Tomares, Rioja Gran Reserva, 2016 so060625 billecart offer 40% ChardonnayGran Reserva is Rioja's highest tier extended aging in oak and bottle, wines released only in exceptional vintages, designed to show what this grape and this soil can do given real time. Marqus de Tomares has been making wine in this tradition since the founding family arrived in the late 1800s, selling exclusively through private channels until they finally opened up to retailers. The founding family's descendants still farm vines their grandfather