Emilio Moro Ribera del Duero Malleolus 2022 Unfiltered temperature-controlled cellar

temperature-controlled cellar

Those old roots have pushed deep enough through the sand to find something with real mineral character and concentration

after a 60-hour fermentation with DistilaMax RM yeast

Xavier's approach focuses on purity of fruit over extraction

then aged five years in 225-litre American oak barrels that López de Heredia makes in its own on-site coopery — one of the last functional barrel-making operations attached to a Spanish wine estate

Emilio Moro Ribera del Duero Malleolus 2022 Unfiltered temperature-controlled cellarThe Land Spain's most celebrated red wine region is not a valley it is a plateau. The Duero River cuts through it, but the vineyards of Ribera del Duero sit on the high meseta at 750 to 900 meters above sea level, where winters drop below freezing, summers exceed 40C, and annual rainfall rarely tops 450 millimeters. These extremes define what Ribera del Duero tastes like: concentrated, structured, and dark. The soils around Pesquera de Duero where