Familia Torres, Pago del Cielo Verdejo Sur Lies 'Celeste', 2024 so102824 test sourced from a high-elevation

sourced from a high-elevation

S (Savagnin)—three indigenous Jura varieties co-fermented without additives and bottled according to lunar cycles

more soulful side

Stéphane Rousset produces this 100% Syrah from 40-50-year-old vines on the granite hillsides of Erôme

Farmed organically

Familia Torres, Pago del Cielo Verdejo Sur Lies 'Celeste', 2024 so102824 test sourced from a high-elevationProof that the Torres family can do crisp and modern just as well as grand and ageworthy. This Verdejo comes from Pago del Cielo, the family's outpost near Villafranca de Duero in Rueda, where riverbed gravel and stones push the grape toward minerality. It's fermented in stainless steel and aged a few months on its lees (the 'sur lies' in the name), which gives it a little extra texture and roundness without ever weighing it down. A touch of Sauvignon