Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Delicate raspberries, full body and quite elegant tannins on the front palate, make this an appealing garnacha red. There’s some real, tannic power at the finish.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2016 Botijo Rojo Garnacha fermented in stainless steel and matured in concrete for one year. It feels very harmonious, balanced and complete, approachable and easy to understand but with complexity and depth. This is a delicious, juicy, floral Garnacha.
Spanish red wine is known for being bold, heady, rustic and age-worthy, Spain is truly a one-of-a-kind wine-producing nation. A great majority of the country is hot, arid and drought-ridden, and since irrigation has only been recently introduced and (controversially) accepted, viticulture has sustained—and flourished—only through a great understanding of Spain’s particular conditions. Large spacing between vines allows each enough resources to survive and as a result, the country has the most acreage under vine compared to any other country, but is usually third in production.
Of the Spanish red wines, the most planted and respected grape variety is Tempranillo, the star of Spain’s Rioja and Ribera del Duero regions. Priorat specializes in bold red blends, Jumilla has gained global recognition for its single varietal Monastrell and Utiel-Requena has garnered recent attention for its reds made of Bobal.