Cantalapiedra, Chiviritero, 2024 OTHERREGION where sandy-clay soils coax a

where sandy-clay soils coax a particularly perfumed

an indigenous grape Yves was among the first to replant

This 1991 is from a private collection and now fully mature

the kind of bottle made for a long lunch rather than a big statement

expressing clarity and tension

Cantalapiedra, Chiviritero, 2024 OTHERREGION where sandy-clay soils coax aA screaming good deal Spanish white from a producer doing exciting things in Verdejo country. Cantalapiedra Viticultores farms organically in La Seca, the heart of Rueda, where Manuel Cantalapiedra (a classically trained pianist) took the lead in 2014. Working old parcels dry farmed and without irrigation, he ferments with wild yeasts, minimal sulfur, and nothing else added. Chiviritero is 100% Verdejo from a small old vine parcel and shows just how