Barco del Corneta Valladolid Verdejo La Silleria 2022 SF Chronicle Sylvain Gauthier works organically on

Sylvain Gauthier works organically on decomposed granitic hillsides with pure Syrah

and Chantal Forthun has run the cellar since 2012 — and the wines have only sharpened

where high elevation gives these reds perfume and lift instead of weight

capped off with a few cm of clay

Barco del Corneta Valladolid Verdejo La Silleria 2022 SF Chronicle Sylvain Gauthier works organically onBarco del Corneta 'La Sillera' Verdejo 2022 brings a completely different energy than the cooler, more linear 2021 vintage, proving just how much weather and grit can shape a great bottle. This vintage survived a brutal summer of intense heatwaves that actually forced the ancient, century old vines to temporarily shut down, requiring Beatriz Herranz to perform multiple painstaking rounds of picking just to capture the perfect balance. Fermented and