Bodegas y Vinedos Ponce: La Casilla 2024

ØKOLOGISK

: Bobal 100%

: rød, tør; 12,5% Vol.; Modenhed til at drikke: 2027–2037

: frugt-orienteret; voluminøs og kraftfuld

: Lobenberg: 94+/100; Parker: 94/100; Suckling: 92/100

: Spanien, Manchuela

Allergener: Sulfitter,

Castilla kommer fra den bjergrige Manchuela-region i det sydøstlige Spanien. Ponce-familiens vinstokke vokser strengt biodynamisk i over 700 meters højde. Lavt udbytte. Jordbund af ler og kalksten. 100 % hele klaser og spontangæret. Typisk Bobal i glasset. En meget udtryksfuld, krydret næse. Hyldebær, slåen og grafit. Meget tør, næsten støvet-mineralsk. Lidt vild. Man kan lugte skovbund og flint. En utrolig mængde fremdrift. Man mærker tydeligt de hele klaser! Strålende Rappen-krydderi og intensitet. Smagen er så poleret og frugtagtig. Hindbær, kirsebær, blåbær og hyldebær. På trods af finessen og det saftige drikkeflow er dette en rigtig stunner. Bourgogne møder det nordlige Rhône. Elegance møder skifermineralitet. Det lyder mærkeligt, men det er sådan, den smager! Store ting med fantastisk drikkelig finesse. Lidt mere civiliseret end den vilde, barske Lojen, lidt mere elegant og afbalanceret, men i samme stil. Den er helt unik og findes nok kun i denne kvalitet fra Ponce.

Parker om: La Casilla

The 2024 La Casilla benefited from the precision in the harvest dates because of the low yields, so they had plenty of time to pick the grapes at their peak. It has lots of finesse and freshness, contained ripeness and 12.5% alcohol, keeping a pH of 3.58 and 5.8 grams of acidity. The grapes, 60% from limestone soils, 20% clay and limestone and 20% from stony soils, fermented with 100% full clusters and indigenous yeasts in 4,500-liter oak vats, where the wine matured for nine months. This is really elegant and balanced, with the more serious profile of the reds from the vintage, all of them overdelivering for the price asked. It's subtle and nuanced, floral and perfumed but whispering more than shouting, with notes of red cherries, very good freshness and refined tannins, making it fine-boned. 12,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2025.

Suckling om: La Casilla

Lifted wild bramble fruit and red cherries, with herbal and floral notes, showing hints of geraniums and white pepper. Fruity but not simple, with robust bobal tannins balancing the flowers and the plump cherry fruit. Bright and appetizing, with a pristine finish. From organically grown grapes. Drinkable now, but better with one more year.

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