Calma
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Country of Origin: Spain
Location: Hormilla, Rioja Alta
People: Made expressly for Ole&Obrigado | Alberto Orte, Winemaker
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| Calma 2019 Rioja Crianza, DOCa (VR) | Login | WE 94 | In Stock |
Alberto Orte is a winemaker and history lover who finds inspiration in expressions of time and place. When he makes a wine, very often it is rooted in a time gone by or lost technique. The other main sources of inspiration for Alberto are specific places that are compelling by virtue of the qualities they intrinsically lend to wines that are grown there. In the case of Calma, he examines the latter – a special site in Rioja Alta called Viña Badrinal, in the village of Hormilla near the Sierra de la Demanda mountain chain.
Planted to sandy limestone and clay soils at almost 2,000 feet elevation, the bright acidity and depth of the fruit from this parcel provide Alberto with beautiful, site-specific raw material to make an wine of remarkable depth and elegance. 100% Tempranillo, organically farmed and maunally harvested, Calma Rioja is a close examination of this special place.