Alberto Orte Cadiz Tintilla Vara y Pulgar 2022 NO20231025 Two Blondes is Andrew Will's

Two Blondes is Andrew Will's estate vineyard outside Zillah in the Yakima Valley

so it says something that they put this much care into a Sauvignon Blanc

Nassif Family Reserve is a blend of 50% 14-year light whiskey from MGP and 50% 3-year 10-month bourye (a blend of 36 rye bourbon and 95 rye distillate aged together in new oak)

which is only possible because the family grows every grape themselves — 110 hectares farmed organically in Torrelavit

and a touch of rye bread

Alberto Orte Cadiz Tintilla Vara y Pulgar 2022 NO20231025 Two Blondes is Andrew Will'sTintilla de Rota was nearly extinct, a native red grape of the Cadiz coast all but plowed under in sherry country until Alberto Orte went looking for the last old vines. What he found makes a wine that has almost nothing to do with what you'd expect from southern Spain: dark, savory, and salt licked, grown on the same bright albariza chalk that gives fino its lift. Orte ferments with native yeasts, some whole clusters, and foot treading, then ages it