2018 Bodegas Vetus "Flor de Vetus", Toro, SpainABOUT THIS WINE After the fruit is hand harvested, it is de stemmed and partially crushed. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks with double pissage. The wine is then aged for 9 months in 50% American oak, 50% French. 50% new oak and 50% second year. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER Bodegas Vetus was born in 2003 and belongs to Grupo Artevino, which includes Rioja based wineries Izadi and Orben and Ribera del Duero based Finca Villacreces. The basis of

A great figure in the Alsatian vineyard and ardent promoter of its recognition as an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée

Rocky and stony soils with good drainage

and eventually decided that the metier of a winemaker would be interesting to him if he pursued it with the same passion as the role models he encountered

10% to Barbera and the remaining 10% produced from Arneis

The soil is stony

2 percent of Cabernet Franc

Laurent Champs

farming the old-fashioned way and making micro-quantities of single vineyard White Burgundy from some of the finest Chardonnay terroir in the world

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when the estate became part of the Ballande group

Mack went on to accept the position of Head Sommelier at Keller’s equally famed Per Se in New York City

Succeeding three generations of the Charmolüe family