Bodegas Bhilar, Phinca Lali 2020

Produktbeskrivelse

“The single-vineyard red 2020 Phinca Lali comes from one of their oldest plots, Tajo, which was planted in 1910 and is plowed by horse. It’s approximately 85% Tempranillo and 15% white Viura, fermented with hand-destemmed grapes and some full clusters—when they see that the cluster is perfect—in open-top 500-liter barrels with indigenous yeasts and foot treading, and it matured in 225-liter barrels for three years. This plot suffered mildew; therefore the wine has a lot of concentration, ripe fruit, herbs and flowers, with a spicy and balsamic undertone. It’s serious and complex, with a full bodied palate and abundant but fine and chalky tannins. This vintage need time and/or powerful food” 94p. Luis Gutierrez, Robert Parker.com

Phinca Lali er Bhilars røde topvin. Druer fra de ældste vinstokke i Rioja Alavesa, der blev plantet tilbage i 1910. En mikro parcel på blot 0.54 ha. med biodynamisk dyrkede (certificeret fra årgang 2015) bush-vines, der gror på en blanding af ler og kalksten.
Druerne håndplukkes i små kasser, og afstilkes med håndkraft i vineriet. Ca. 30% af stilkene medgår i gæringen. Gæringen foregår i åbne 500 ltr. træfade, hvor druerne fodtrædes. Efter endt gæring lagrer vinen på egetræsfade i 3 år. Intens og magtfuld rødvin, med urtekrydret bærfrugt, og en næsten burgundisk elegance og friskhed, takket være den kalkede jordbund.