Lopez de Heredia, Rioja Crianza 'Cubillo', 2017 SO_Muzard_032824 it bridges the gap between

it bridges the gap between raw

the wine is both structured and refined

and his single-varietal Cabernet Franc from Stellenbosch is a study in restraint

olive tapenade—but with California clarity and just a touch of sunshine in the fruit

Perfect with lamb

Lopez de Heredia, Rioja Crianza 'Cubillo', 2017 SO_Muzard_032824 it bridges the gap betweenThere is no bigger name in traditional Rioja than Lopez de Heredia. Founded in 1877 in the historic railway district of Haro, this family estate still makes wine as it did in the 19th century: fermented in old oak vats, aged for years in used American oak from its own on site cooperage, and released when it's good and ready. Cubillo is the estate's Crianza, which by any normal measure isn't entry level at all, having spent more than three years in