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Bodegas Gordon 'El Chano' Tinto, Castilla y Leon, Spain 2019

  • $46.00

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MENCIA, ALICANTE BOUCHET, and BLEND
EARTHY & COMPLEX and FRUITY
ORGANIC FARMING
CRITIC SCORE 90+
CASTILLA Y LEÓN
SPAIN

Winemaker: José Gordon

Varieties: Mencía 85%, Alicante Bouschet 13%, Palomino, Doña Blanca 2%

Farming: Organic

Terroir: With an average of 855 meters (2805 feet), this marks likely the highest average elevation where Mencía is planted in Spain. Sandy soil and slate.

Vinification: Made in barrels 500l-1000l walnut barrels

Tasting Notes: Mineral nuances and roundness from the fine-grained pulverized slate soils; the Spanish sun, the smell of winter coming when the grapes were picked; the wild, dry and pungent desert thyme, lavender, rosemary, chamomile and the wild ros