Bodegas Exopto El Espinal de Exopto 2021 (6 Bottles) Rioja, Spain

El Espinal was the first label under Tom Puyaubert’s Colección Miguel Angel Mato. Mato, a native of San Vicente de la Sonsierra, is the seasoned grower who does all the work, cultivating by mule in some of Exopto’s principal vineyards. He also owns several old vineyards high on the slopes of the Sierra Cantabria, including El Espinal. This site, a 0.3-hectare limestone/clay vineyard, is planted to bush vines of the extremely rare Maturana Tinta vine, a re-emerging variety in Rioja.