2022 Jose Gil El Bardallo, Rioja DOCa, Spain Aurel flavors of red berries and

flavors of red berries and plum show the heat of the vintage

This unusual white blend is made from organically farmed grapes

Mataro and Carignan

with chewy and tight tannins

2022 Jose Gil El Bardallo, Rioja DOCa, Spain Aurel flavors of red berries andAs 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,