2022 Jose Gil El Bardallo, Rioja DOCa, Spain Zweigelt luminous and invigorating while round

luminous and invigorating while round and luscious at the same time

great to pair with juicy protein dishes

some aging potential

late ripening grape varieties would easily reach a good ripeness on the coolest part of the Clos

2022 Jose Gil El Bardallo, Rioja DOCa, Spain Zweigelt luminous and invigorating while roundAs with La Canoca, the 2022 El Bardallo changes from a single vineyard to a paraje (lieu dit) wine and includes more plots in the same place to increase the volume of wine produced. It's Tempranillo with some 10% white grapes, mostly Viura. It fermented with some whole cluster fruit and indigenous yeasts and matured in 500 and 600 liter barrels. It's quite fruit driven, aromatic and reminiscent of the old carbonic fermentation reds matured in barrel,