Bodegas Ponce - BOBAL MANCHUELA 2022 P.F 2023 (750ml)
Price: $26.99
Sale Price: $18.98
| Producer | Bodegas Ponce |
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| Country | Spain |
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| Region | La Mancha |
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| Varietal | Monastrell |
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| Vintage | 2023 |
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| Sku | 00876 |
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Bodegas Ponce Description
After working at Cia de Vinos Telmo Rodriguez Juan Antonio Ponce returned home. The project started in 2005, he was 23, just 11 barrels, and a loan. The family’s wine growing tradition dates back to Juan Antonio’s great-grandfather, although his father never made wine–he used to sell the grapes to the local cooperative. “Ponce says. “The area is full of prejudices, people lack self-confidence. These days Manchuela is probably the most interesting appellation in central Spain, led by Ponce. P .F stands for "Pie Franco", which means "ungrafted". This is more complex and mineral label with great length and supple tannins. Winery.
Wine Advocate: 96 Points
The ungrafted Bobal 2023 P.F. has complexity, elegance and power together with drinkability. It was produced with grapes from 90-year-old vines on sandy soils and fermented with full clusters and indigenous yeasts in 4,500-liter oak vats, where the wine matured for 10 months. This balanced and precise vintage has contained ripeness and alcohol (13%), a pH of 3.6 and 5.7 grams of acidity. This is a wine Ponce has to be very careful with because it can have too much power, the clusters are small and can give concentration and clout. They want to keep the balance, freshness and drinkability throughout its life. The wine is phenomenal and has great precision, plus there's seriousness and complexity, and it's balsamic; you feel the landscape, the Mediterranean herbs, thyme, rosemary and lavender; and it's spicy and has the energy and power with the silkiness of the sandy soils. It has big bones and complexity and is characterful and original. Very harmonious. A steal. 15,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2024. A bottle of the 2005, the first vintage, had intense notes of black olives and tapenade and felt very Rhône-ish, very balsamic, with aromas of Mediterranean herbs.
