Rioja La Nieta 2021, Viñedos de Páganos

The 1.75 hectare La Nieta vineyard at Paganos in Rioja Alavesa was planted in 1975, and its poor clay-limestone soil results in a low yield of fruit that is packed with character and flavour concentration. The wine shows impressive complexity from an early age, exploding with blackberry, black cherry, espresso, coconut and barley malt flavour, however this settles down into beautiful elegance and sophistication with time in the bottle.