Frontonio Microcósmico Valdejalón IGP 2018

TypeRed wine

ProducerBodegas Frontonio

CountrySpain

RegionAragonas

AppellationValdejalón IGP

Vintage2018

Sweetnesssausas

GrapeGarnacha - 100%

Volume0,75

Alcohol vol.13,5% tūrio

8.1 Standart units of alcohol in one bottle

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20.00 €

Description

Frontonio Microcósmico Garnacha is a wine made from Grenache from old vineyards located in Épila at 350 metres of altitude. These vineyards are planted on calcareous soils with a clayey layer that allows for good humidity retention of the scarce rainfall of the region. Harvesting is carried out manually, selecting the grapes in the vineyard. After a classic vinification, they go through the malolactic fermentation and an ageing of 10 months in concrete deposits. 5% of this wine is aged in 300-litre oak barrels.

Serving recommendation

Serve at 14-16 °C with stews, rice and meat.

Rating

The Wine Advocate
The unoaked red 2018 Microcósmico Garnacha was produced with grapes from old vines grown on slopes with slate soils at 650 to 700 meters in altitude in the village of Jarque. It fermented with indigenous yeasts and 20% whole clusters that were foot trodden and matured in underground concrete vats for one year. This has depth and complexity that transcends an unoaked wine, with the higher altitude notes of wild herbs, keeping great balance in the palate. There is moderate alcohol, great freshness and complexity. I think this could be the benchmark for a naked Garnacha from Aragón, clearly different from Gredos or Priorat. 23,350 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2020. Įvertinimas: 92+

About producer

Bodegas Frontonio was created in 2008 by three friends from Aragón, Fernando Mora, aspirant Master of Wine, Mario López, oenologist from Bodegas Borsao, and Francisco Latasa, lawyer and international trade expert. The aim of Bodegas Frontonio is to dignify the area of Valdejalón and its vineyards, mainly planted with old Grenache, and with a continental-Mediterranean climate. In total, they directly manage around 50 hectares, with organic certification since 2017. Most part of the vineyards are located in the surroundings of Épila. They have different ages, exposures, altitudes and soil types. The climate is continental-Mediterranean with scarce rainfall (200-500 l/m2/year), 300 hours of sun per year, and days with a lot of wind, also called "Cierzo". Currently, Bodegas Frontonio makes garage wines in the back room of a small winery of bulk wines. They process takes place with minimum intervention, plot by plot. As a result, we can find excellent wines, authentic and with a lot of character.All products by this producer