Getting under the skin of La Rioja Alta’s Lagar de Fornelos project

Founded in 1890, La Rioja Alta is one of the most iconic brands in Spain, so Ellie Scott jumped at the chance to join Olga Verde, technical director of its Rías Baixas winery, Lagar de Fornelos, for lunch at Nieves Barragán’s new London restaurant, Legado. There they tasted through the range of wines, paired with Barragán’s contemporary Iberian cuisine, including the new vintage of premium Lindeiros which is made with fruit from their oldest vineyard in Cambados, planted in 1987. There was time too to try the new release of La Rioja Alta Viña Alberdi 2021, which is only the second Viña Alberdi wine to be designated as ‘Selección Especial’.