Jose Gil, El Bardallo other_regions and more recently

and more recently

Background notes of oak frame a highly expressive nose that offers up scents of violets

rich and totally seductive in mouth

mineral-driven finish that loses freshness and vibrancy

concentrated and creamy textured

Jose Gil, El Bardallo other_regions and more recentlyAs with La Canoca, the 2022 El Bardallo changes from a single vineyard to a paraje (lieu dit) wine and includes more plots in the same place to increase the volume of wine produced. It's Tempranillo with some 10% white grapes, mostly Viura. It fermented with some whole cluster fruit and indigenous yeasts and matured in 500 and 600 liter barrels. It's quite fruit driven, aromatic and reminiscent of the old carbonic fermentation reds matured in barrel,