El Espinal 2016
Descripción
El Espinal, cuyo nombre procede del viñedo del que se obtienen las uvas para su elaboración, es parte de una colección de vinos auténticos y sinceros que rinde homenaje a Miguel Ángel Mato, labrador apasionado y viticultor emérito natural de San Vicente de la Sonsierra. A través de este vino, Tom Puyaubert busca resaltar el carácter único de sus mejores parcelas y revalorizar el trabajo del hombre, componente primordial de la noción de terroir junto al suelo y al clima.
Ficha técnica
Cata
Viñedo y elaboración
Opinión de los críticos
The 2016 El Espinal is a Maturana Tinta produced in a joint venture with Miguel Ángel Mato, who owns the vineyard in San Vicente de a Sonsierra and works with his horse for others like the Eguren family and Benjamín Romeo. This is the first vintage of this unusual wine made from vines regrafted from Garnacha to Maturana Tinta. I also tasted the 2017 next to this 2016 from a higher-yielding year; the wine had a shorter élevage (12 months in barrel), as the wine is a bit lighter. They didn't really want the green pepper the variety can easily deliver and waited a bit longer to pick the grapes and get aromas of white pepper, bay leaf and licorice, and this has less herbal notes than the 2017. It mixes some dark cherries with those varietal notes. This is drinking nicely today and might not be as long lived as the 2017. There are 1,800 bottles of this first vintage.
Very ripe aromas of fruit paste, prunes and chocolate, leading to a palate with a very easygoing core of black cherry-liqueur and chocolate flavor. Supple, approachable tannins. Drink now.
La bodega
Bodegas Exopto
Superficie total de viñedo: 13 ha.
Producción total: 60.000 botellas
Agradable sensación