El Portillo 2021
Beschrijving
El Portillo is een kleine wijngaard van iets minder dan anderhalve hectare in het hoge deel van Las Navas, in Gumiel de Mercado. Hij is in 1936 aangeplant door de familie Calvo en nu zijn het de broers Rodrigo en Asier die de vruchten plukken van hun familietraditie. Van deze bijzondere wijngaard maken ze deze rode wijn, een mix van Tinto fino, Garnacha en Valenciano, zoals ze de Bobal hier noemen. Een complexe en kruidige wijn, vol nuances en met een verleidelijke fruitigheid. Een eerbetoon aan de wijncultuur van Gumiel de Mercado en aan hun familie
Technische specificaties
Proeverij
Wijngaard en wijnmaken
Meningen van critici
"Sapidity" is the name of the winemaking game at Casa Lebai, according to Rodrigo Calvo Arroyo, who makes this foot-trodden blend of Tinto Fino, 10% Graciano and 10% Bobal from a parcel planted in 1936. Aged in old foudres, it's all about purity, perfume and freshness, with savoury tannins, top notes of clove and pepper and intense plum, strawberry and redcurrant fruit. 2025-38.
This has evocative aromas of dried roses with some tangerine peel and a stony element. The palate is medium-bodied but substantial, juicy with soft tannins and a good backbone of acidity. Aged in foudres. This comes from a single vineyard planted in 1940 at 850 meters in the village of Gumiel de Mercado in Ribera. Aromatically this would never take you to Ribera. Maybe because it’s an old field blend of tempranillo, garnacha and valenciano. This is a unique expression of how old vineyards were planted in Ribera. It’s also delicious. Drink now or hold.
The single-vineyard red 2021 El Portillo comes from a 1.46-hectare plot at 829 meters above sea level planted with a field blend of Tinto Fino, Garnacha and Valenciano (Bobal), quite normal in the old times, as this vineyard was planted in 1936. The wine has more of everything—complexity, depth and also elegance and balance—with contained ripeness and 14% alcohol, very good freshness and natural acidity and comes through as fine-boned and elegant. It's floral, perfumed and insinuating, with a lively medium-bodied palate, vibrant flavors and a finish with echoes of acid berries. It matured in a 3,000-liter oak vat for 11 months. 3,000 bottles were filled in September 2022. It's approachable now but should also age.
Fruta roja viva, frescura elegante, tanino pulido, fondo especiado y mineral. Ribera sutil que enamora.Le falta botella,3,75 a día de hoy