Bodegas Ponce Ponce Tinto 2022 (42,53 €/l)

- Farbe: rot

- Füllmenge: 0,75 Liter

- Rebsorten: 80% Bobal, 20% Moravia Agria

- Alkoholgehalt: 13 %

- Allergenhinweis: enthält Sulfite

- Robert Parker: 98 Punkte

Robert Parker: "The eponymous red 2022 Ponce was produced with 80% Bobal from granite soils and 20% Moravia Agria from limestone and clay. It fermented with 100% full clusters in open-top 4,500-liter oak vats and finished fermenting and aging in a single 7,000-liter oak vat for 11 months. It has 13% alcohol and a pH of 3.6 with 5.7 grams of acidity. This has something in common with the La Estrecha from this same vintage, with a more ethereal profile, both with changes in the élevage toward larger volumes that give the wines more relaxed, less tight personalities. Complete, balanced and harmonious from very early on, this is a great vintage for this wine. 7,000 bottles were filled in September 2023.

I tasted the wines from 2021 and 2022. 2021 was a rainy year (with snow too) and allowed them to produce intense wines with contained alcohol. 2021 was a great vintage for whites. They believe 2022 is the best vintage for them so far, which he deems "classical" in the zone, with abundant winter and spring rains and a warm and dry summer with some rain in late September that allowed the wines to keep normal alcohol levels with finesse, elegance, balance and the Mediterranean character. In terms of wines, he is releasing a new top-of-the-range white from 2022."