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Frontonio La Cerqueta Garnacha 2022
HED29331
75 cl
13.5%
£65.00
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Frontonio La Cerqueta Garnacha 2022 showcases a singular expression of old-vine Garnacha from the historic La Cerqueta vineyard in Aragón, established in the 1940s. Located at 630 metres, the vineyard`s gray and blue slate soils contribute to the wine`s character. This vintage underwent spontaneous fermentation using whole clusters in cement, followed by an eight-week maceration. Subsequently, it was aged for 12 months in a single neutral foudre. Bodegas Frontonio, founded by Fernando Mora MW, Mario López and Francisco Latasa, aims to revive the rich viticultural heritage of Aragón. Only 2,300 bottles were produced.
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Robert Parker
The 2022 La Cerqueta is getting more and more elegant and less earthy than the past, with more floral notes and more red fruit. The single-vineyard Garnacha is from a 75-year-old dry-farmed and head-pruned plot of 1.18 hectares at 630 meters altitude on slate soils. It fermented with indigenous yeasts and 100% full clusters that were foot trodden in concrete and had a long maceration of 81 days, and it matured in oak foudres. It has 13.5% alcohol with a pH of 3.2 and 6.1 grams of acidity but comes through as a little riper than the La Tejera that I tasted next to it. It has a medium-bodied palate with abundant, fine-grained tannins and a slight earthiness. 3,744 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2024.
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