Bodegas Hermanos Pecina Rioja Cosecha 2023 SF Chronicle - Past Pick caramelized ginger

caramelized ginger

well below the industry norm

From the producer: The King of Islay in his prime

fermented in barrel

Bodegas Hermanos Pecina Rioja Cosecha 2023 SF Chronicle - Past Pick caramelized gingerThe Pecia name usually signals old school Rioja wines aged for years in American oak by a man who cut his teeth at the legendary La Rioja Alta. The Cosecha is the fun, unoaked younger sibling. Pedro Pecia farms young vine Tempranillo from the estate's La Veguilla and Valseca parcels above San Vicente de la Sonsierra, and here he skips the barrel entirely to let the fruit do the talking. The result is a bright, juicy everyday red with real Rioja