Jade Gross Corza Beoda 2025 Mendocino and the winemaking all pull

and the winemaking all pull in that direction

on deep clay over the limestone that runs the length of the cote

The soils are poor and stony—almost hostile to agriculture—yet ideal for producing low-yielding vines with natural concentration and structure

Sylvie Esmonin has run the 7

Jade Gross Corza Beoda 2025 Mendocino and the winemaking all pullThe Land San Vicente de la Sonsierra, where Jade Gross works, is officially Rioja Alta, though it sits north of the Ebro as a tongue of land wedged between two halves of Rioja Alavesa. The fruit for Corza Beoda comes from the Alavesa side: La Cantera, a parcel in Labastida at 600 meters, under the limestone wall of the Sierra de Toloo. The vines are 37 year old bush vines on clay and limestone. Altitude is the operative fact here. September nights run