El Vinculo La Mancha Crianza 2020 GERAUS Trousseau's trick is that it

Trousseau's trick is that it looks light and tastes serious: bright ruby in the glass

with over two decades of barrel aging

this is a stunning example from one of the region’s most exciting vignerons

Fleuron is where they turn up the intensity: mostly Grand Cru fruit from Cramant and Chouilly

Real value in Napa

El Vinculo La Mancha Crianza 2020 GERAUS Trousseau's trick is that itDon Quixote charged the windmills of Campo de Criptana, and Alejandro Fernandez planted Tempranillo in their shadow. La Mancha's reputation was built on cheap bulk wine; Fernandez, the man who made Ribera del Duero famous with Pesquera, came here to argue otherwise. El Vinculo is unapologetically old school Spanish red: 18 months in American and French oak, ripe and earthy, roasted and generous. It's not subtle and it isn't pretending to be, which is