This feels vibrant and youthful. Blueberries, and cassis reign in the fruit department, but there's serious smokiness and spice giving it depth and complexity. Another win from this winemaker.
Sebastian Mancebo founded this vineyard in Sinarcas. The vines are 40 years old and he takes great care of them. He's committed to using only organic products with no chemicals in the vineyard. He takes this approach further into the winery itself. They only use indigenous yeasts in the wine instead of yeast from a packet.
Bobal is a native grape grown only in Spain. It's a very hardy grape that can survive both drought and the thick winter snow here. The vineyards are located on a high plateau. It gets incredibly hot in summer and freezing cold in winter. Surrounded by pine forests, it's very different to the Spain that we usually think of.
Bobal (pronounced bow—bal) is named after the Latin word for a bull — buvale. It refers to the shape of the bull's head and some think the bunches of grapes look like a bull's head. This is because the grapes grow in big fat bunches that stick upwards.
This wine undergoes malolactic fermentation. Malic acid is the type of acid you find in an apple. Lactic acid is the acid that you find in milk. Malolactic fermentation is when malic acid turns into lactic acid. This means the wine will have a slight creamy feel to it. A lot of red wines have this, but only a few white wines.
This feels vibrant and youthful. Blueberries, and cassis reign in the fruit department, but there's serious smokiness and spice giving it depth and complexity. The grape in this wine, Bobal and pronounced bow—bal, is only grown in Spain. It's a hardy grape that is able to survive both the drought and thick snow common in the area. After a food pairing? We've got it on good authority that this works like a treat with a pork pie.