Bodegas Ponce P.F. Bobal 2018

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Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2018

Size
750ML

ABV
14.5%

Features
Green Wine

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Deep ruby color with violet hues and impressive aromas of cherry, sour cherry, raspberry, plum, vanilla, pepper, tea, lavender, licorice, and bitter chocolate. On the palate, it has a medium body, medium tannins, and refreshing acidity. Juicy red and black fruits are mixed with notes of sweet spices, violet, cocoa, and dried herbs.

Professional Ratings

  • 95
    I tasted the 2018 P.F. next to the 2019. The two vintages were quite different, and it's great to see them side my side. The vinification and élevage are the same, in the last few years shorter, which makes them approachable from early on. This has a lighter color than the 2019, and it's a little more austere and closed, serious and more reductive, not as immediate as the 2019. From this vintage onward, the wine is exclusively in 4,500-liter oak foudres, as they have abandoned the 600-liter oak barrels. This is truly outstanding and, like most of the wines here, a real bargain for the quality it delivers. It has to be one of the finest, if not the finest, vintages for this wine. There are some similarities with La Casilla with extra depth and complexity. 9,000 bottles were filled in August 2019.
  • 94
    A firm, fresh red with blackberry, walnut and cedar character. It’s medium-bodied with creamy tannins and a pretty finish. Serious and very layered.

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Bodegas Ponce Winemaker & Owner Juan Antonio Ponce Winery Image

Manchuela, a lesser-known Spanish wine region that is inland from Valencia, is where the Bobal varietal thrives, Known for its thick skins and rusticity, controlling the Bobal’s vigor is what makes for a well-balanced and interesting wine. While there are very few defenders of this region and even fewer winemakers that are dedicated to this varietal, Juan Antonio Ponce stands proud as a master and interpreter of the Bobal grape.

Juan Antonio Ponce began his winery in 2005, at the age of 23. He works biodynamically in the vineyard, and in the winery he takes a natural approach, using low levels of sulfur dioxide. His philosophy is to make natural wines with wild yeast fermentation, to respect the local varietal Bobal and to express its terroir.

Juan Antonio Ponce worked as the right-hand man to Telmo Rodriguez at Cia de Vinos Telmo Rodrigues for 5 years. During this time he was in charge of winemaking, vineyard management, etc. His father, who owned some land in Manchuela, decided to start this project with him.

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Bobal is enjoying a mini renaissance in Spain today as high-elevation vineyards in its homeland of Utiel-Requena produce dense and velvety wines dominated by dark berry and cocoa characteristics. However, its function as Spain’s second most planted red grape variety was once only for bulk wine and concentrate. Since it is drought-resistant, it does well grown as unirrigated bush vines and acts as a fine voice of terroir. Somm Secret—Bobal also shows great potential for rosé and sparkling wines because of its high levels of acidity and anthocyanins.

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The Moors gave it the name, ‘Manxa,’ which fittingly means ‘parched earth.’ La Mancha, the largest Spanish wine producing region in all of Spain, is one of its hottest and driest. Sturdy and drought-resistant white varieietes like Airen, Viura and Verdejo thrive in this environment.

EDWSP484_18_2018 Item# 776730

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