El Bortal de Exopto 2022
Description
Le Bortal est fait à partir de raisins Grenache qui viennent de parcelles uniques à San Vicente de la Sonsierra. Ce rouge expressif et typique rend hommage à Miguel Àngel Mato, un agriculteur et viticulteur passionné, et il est parfait pour accompagner toutes sortes de viandes grillées et les plats à base de sauce tomate
Fiche technique
Dégustation
Vignoble et élaboration
L'avis des experts
This is only the second vintage of Tom Payaubert's Rioja Alta Garnacha, but it's already showing impressive quality. Sourced from the 16-year-old El Bortal vineyard in Laguardia, it's a fresh, scented, refined style with wafts of thyme and oregano, lots of tangy redcurrant and strawberry fruit, nuanced oak and filigree tannins. 2026-33
The new single-vineyard 2022 El Bortal – Garnacha Tinta comes from a 0.5-hectare plot that they work with a horse (like the rest of the single-vineyard plots). It had an integral vinification with indigenous yeasts in 225-liter barrels and matured in used 600-liter barrels for 12 months. It's elegant and a little austere, serious and balanced, insinuating rather than in your face, with subtle aromas. It's not a shy wine; the grapes ripened thoroughly, achieving 14% alcohol and keeping a nice balance. It has a beautiful texture, very fine and chalky tannins, precise flavors and a clean, long and tasty finish. 1,200 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2024.
Le domaine Exopto a débuté son activité en 2003. Il est né du désir commun de trois amis liés au monde du vin dont le principal objectif était de proposer une nouvelle interprétation de la Rioja et de son terroir.
