Bovale Old Vines Bobal 2020

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Alcohol: 14.5%

Grape(s): 100% Bobal, from 50-60 year old vines

Localization: Utiel-Requena D.O., Spain 

Tasting Notes: Deep, brilliant ruby. Smoke-tinged cherry-vanilla and dark berry scents pick up a floral topnote with air. Seamless and focused on the palate, offering black raspberry and bitter cherry flavors and a sweetening touch of mocha. Closes long and smooth, with a repeating cherry note and just a hint of tannins. 

Notes: Hand harvested fruit; Destemmed grapes were fermented with native microbes in stainless steel tanks; Aged for 6 months in used, 70% French and 30% American oak barrels

Food pairing: you could easily enjoy this with grilled salmon or just as easily with lamb chops.

The DomainIsaac Fernandez Seleccion is a unique collaborative venture between two individuals – Isaac Fernandez one of Spain’s most acclaimed winemakers and Aurelio Cabestrero whose vision and commitment helped bring Spanish wines to the forefront in the United States. They work at rediscovering forgotten regions of superior terroir and maximizing the potential from old vines of indigenous grape varieties in a number of regions. Bobal is the second most planted red grape in Spain, but is little known. Isaac believes in the potential of the grape to produce fine wine of a quality much higher than its historic use as a blending grape to give tannin and acid to a red blend. In 2011 they bottled their first vintage of Bovale, a 100% Bobal named after the ancient Roman name for this grape.