Two very different sides of DO Ribera del Duero

This is a short comparison of the wines from Abadía de San Quirce and Bodegas Veganzones. While both are located in DO Ribera del Duero, they illustrate just how much difference there can be in this very large DO that has 22,000ha of vineyards in more than 80 municipalities that are spread over four different provinces. Note that the whites from both wineries are from nearby DO Rueda as it’s often the case that Duero wineries will produce whites from Verdejo over there given that until very recently, one couldn’t […]