Joseph Cartron Creme de Mure SF Chronicle Serve it with a slight

Serve it with a slight chill

where the vineyards sit higher and cooler and ripen later than the ones on the famous slope below

the terroir is situated on top of silty powdery calcareous sands in the village of Labastida and is the highest elevation Grenache found in all of Rioja

intensely-aromatic Chardonnay grapes

Joseph Cartron Creme de Mure SF Chronicle Serve it with a slightFrom the producer: The last berries of summer, wild blackberries, are carefully harvested once fully ripe. Joseph Cartron only uses wild blackberries which are much more aromatic than their cultivated counterparts and give Crme de Mre des Roncires (Wild Blackberry Liqueur) the bright and juicy sensation of biting into a fresh blackberry on the French countryside.