Marques de Caceres Rioja Gaudium 2020 JULY4 Guigal acquired this historic estate

Guigal acquired this historic estate in 2017 and immediately turned it into a beacon for the appellation

which includes the 10% traditionally macerated Pinot Noir wines

and genuinely game-changing wines from Gideon Beinstock's estate in Oregon House (Yuba County)

and a delicate finish

All the processing is carried out in the respect of nature

Marques de Caceres Rioja Gaudium 2020 JULY4 Guigal acquired this historic estateThis is the bottle Marques de Caceres makes when it wants to prove a point. Gaudium (Latin for joy) comes from tiny old vine plots scattered across Rioja Alta and the high terraces of Rioja Alavesa, some vines over seventy years old and a few pre phylloxera survivors past a century. Yields are brutal by design, under a kilo of fruit per plant, and the grapes are hand picked in small boxes and sorted cluster by cluster before native yeast fermentation