José Gil Rioja San Vincente de la Sonsierra 2022

José Gil is one of the producers currently reshaping Rioja, making incredibly exciting wines from old plots of his family's vineyards. These are single terroir wines in the Burgundy style, without the stifling influence of mountains of oak, and after only a few vintages he is being feted as one of the great producers in the region. A mixture of equal parts whole bunch and destemmed fruit is vinified and aged in both concrete vats and old oak, with the aim being to achieve complexity and structure - the resulting wine has silky, finessed tannins and classic Riojan fruit. Truly a beautiful thing.