2022 Jose Gil El Bardallo, Rioja DOCa, Spain Cliff Lede with aromas of baked Golden

with aromas of baked Golden Delicious apple

This has a fantastic finish with so much going on

the juxtaposition of ripe dark fruit against a vibrant juicy core reflects the hot

Still not overly complex

slightly spritzy and saline with green apple

2022 Jose Gil El Bardallo, Rioja DOCa, Spain Cliff Lede with aromas of baked GoldenAs 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,