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Raudonasis sausas
Every wine grows from the soil and El Jardín de las Iguales is truly one of a kind. Bodegas Frontonio was given the privilege to acquire such a precious piece of land. These vines are so sensitive that they get to connect with their caretaker. We have so decided to guide our actions based on respect and comprehension. At the end of the day, people come and go, but the land remains. Aged 14 months in 456 barrels brought from Les Hospices de Beaune. The wine surprises with its expressive and strong spicy floral aroma, which gives way to citrus scent. Elegant, with great balance and a long freshly strong aftertaste.
Serve at 16-18 °C with grilled pork dishes, wild poultry: pheasant, partridge meat, veal sausages; tuna tartare, Iberico hams, rabbit dishes.
The grapes for the 2020 El Jardín de las Iguales Garnacha were picked on September 7 and fermented with 100% foot-trodden clusters and indigenous yeasts in concrete with a very long maceration of three months. It matured in neutral 465-liter oak barrels for 13 months. It has 13.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.44 and close to six grams of tartaric acid per liter, balanced parameters that are reflected in a balanced mouthfeel. This is more primary than the 2021, and it has more fruit and is juicier but is still austere and vertical (it's all relative, and tasting next to the 2021 was not easy...). 851 bottles were filled in April 2022.
Bodegas Frontonio was created in 2008 by three friends from Aragón, Fernando Mora, aspirant Master of Wine, Mario López, oenologist from Bodegas Borsao, and Francisco Latasa, lawyer and international trade expert. The aim of Bodegas Frontonio is to dignify the area of Valdejalón and its vineyards, mainly planted with old Grenache, and with a continental-Mediterranean climate. In total, they directly manage around 50 hectares, with organic certification since 2017. Most part of the vineyards are located in the surroundings of Épila. They have different ages, exposures, altitudes and soil types. The climate is continental-Mediterranean with scarce rainfall (200-500 l/m2/year), 300 hours of sun per year, and days with a lot of wind, also called "Cierzo". Currently, Bodegas Frontonio makes garage wines in the back room of a small winery of bulk wines. They process takes place with minimum intervention, plot by plot. As a result, we can find excellent wines, authentic and with a lot of character.
