Antidoto Ribera del Duero La Hormiga 2021 CALIOTHER Jean-Claude Bessin and his son

Jean-Claude Bessin and his son Romain practice biodynamic viticulture on their 12-hectare estate

dried fruit

The Collottes grew grapes here for four generations without bottling any of it

pre-WWI stash of Clouet Champagne discovered in a hidden cellar

merges with spice and subtle oak undertones after aging in large barrel

Antidoto Ribera del Duero La Hormiga 2021 CALIOTHER Jean-Claude Bessin and his sonA Loire vigneron gone rogue in the high country of Ribera del Duero. Bertrand Sourdais, a Frenchman from Chinon, put down roots in Soria, the cold, nearly 1,000 meter eastern edge of the appellation where gnarled old vines survive that most of Spain forgot. La Hormiga ("the ant") comes from iron rich red clay on the Duero's right bank, farmed organically and aged in French oak barrels (about ten months for the 2021; recent vintages 15 18 months in