2023 Cantalapiedra Viticultores 'El Espejo', Castilla y Leon, Spain Bernhard Huber Dana and Scott Frank set

Dana and Scott Frank set out to turn Oregon's "Pinotstocracy" on it's head

The ample palate develops notes of brûléed sugar and baked pear lengthened with spearmint and clove

known as the Val d'Aosta or Val d'Aoste in Italian and French respectively

aged 6 months in cement tank

ambient yeast fermentation with punchdowns and a few pump-overs

2023 Cantalapiedra Viticultores 'El Espejo', Castilla y Leon, Spain Bernhard Huber Dana and Scott Frank set100% Verdejo, vines planted in 1999 by Issac (Manuels dad). 750m elevation Manuel notes that it has a really singular soil. It has much less pebbles than usual and also a higher proportion of clay which translates in a much cooler soil. A layer of marl & limestone is found at only 40cm from the surface which gives a higher calcareous character to the wine Fermentation and aging for 11 moths in French & Austrian casks, and additional 7 months in steel