SWIC score: 88 (JMG)
Tasting
notes: Cinnamon, black cherry, tobacco leaf, warm, direct. Available: QC (SAQ 11676680 - $ 15.75)
Winery:
Vicente Gandía
Region:
D.O. Utiel-Requena (Com. Valenciana)
Varieties:
100% Bobal
Ageing:
9 months in French oak barrels
Alcohol
level: 13.5% alc./vol.
Bobal
has recently been rediscovered as a suitable grape for high quality wines,
after a long period of ostracism. It is one of the most spread varieties of
Spain, especially well adapted to the Levant territories. Utiel-Requena has
probably the best examples of new style Bobal wines. The 125-years-old winery Bodegas
Vicente Gandía produces its Bo Bobal Único 2011 after intensely working in the
vineyards. Then the vinification includes a pretty long maceration process and
9 months of ageing in French oak barrels (from Allier). They define this wine
as the essence of their vineyards.
Vintage tasted: 2011 (February 2013)
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