Bodegas Hermanos Pecina Rioja Cosecha 2023 SF Chronicle - Past Pick Calabretta is a cult Etna

Calabretta is a cult Etna traditionalist working old

well below the industry norm

with ripe red berry flavors balanced by electric acidity and a long

and candied lemon into a tense

Bodegas Hermanos Pecina Rioja Cosecha 2023 SF Chronicle - Past Pick Calabretta is a cult EtnaThe Pecia name usually signals old school Rioja wines aged for years in American oak by a man who cut his teeth at the legendary La Rioja Alta. The Cosecha is the fun, unoaked younger sibling. Pedro Pecia farms young vine Tempranillo from the estate's La Veguilla and Valseca parcels above San Vicente de la Sonsierra, and here he skips the barrel entirely to let the fruit do the talking. The result is a bright, juicy everyday red with real Rioja