Winemaker Notes
Blend: 100% Bobal
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Their estate wine has been changing through the year, and they seem happy with the current 2021 Finca Terrerazo, from old-vine Bobal (planted in 1945 and 1970 on adjacent plots at 800 meters above sea level) that aged in oak vats and concrete, looking for the identity of the place with no makeup. They did a soft vinification of the ripe grapes with full development of aromas and flavors that resulted in a wine with 14% alcohol and very good acidity and freshness, reflecting the cooler year. It has lots of elegance, following the path of the 2019, notes of flowers and red fruit, with a fine-boned palate and elegant tannins. Bobal can be elegant and fresh.
Rating: 94+
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.