Olivier Riviere Rioja Rayos Uva 2021 haut medoc unfiltered with a small addition

unfiltered with a small addition of SO2

made in the image of Priorat

fresh-picked cranberries

The key element in great wines from Mendoza is restraint

The transition proved seamless

Olivier Riviere Rioja Rayos Uva 2021 haut medoc unfiltered with a small additionRioja as it is known today owes much to the French. During the slow rolling invasion of Phylloxera through Europes vineyards, there was a period in the late 19th century when the louse had not yet crossed the Pyrenees. Bordeaux winemakers, their livelihoods in tatters, fled across the mountains to Rioja, bringing Bordeauxs technical and commercial knowhow to a region of small farms and family sized bodegas. Olivier Rivire has come a century or so