Mustiguillo Finca Terrerazo 2017

Bobal from Spain
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Product Details


Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2017

Size
750ML

ABV
14.5%

Features
Green Wine

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Winemaker Notes

Pair with meat stews, grilled red meat or in gravy, roasted lamb, mushrooms, game meats and cured cheeses.

Professional Ratings

  • 95
    A Vino de Pago wine sourced from Dolomite limestone vineyards 800m above the Mediterranean sea. Grapes are manually harvested then fermented in French oak. The wine then undergoes malolactic fermentation for 5-8 weeks, after which maturation takes place for 14 months in a combination of French oak casks and barrels. Sarah Jane Evans MW Expresses the youthful cherry and citrus intensity of Bobal, not losing the underlying savoury notes. Still feels very youthful and has the capacity to age and develop. A wine that has a sense of place. Christine Parkinson Inky black in colour, with dried herbs and raw fruit on nose and palate. A piquant, spicy, savoury note too. Just about showing some evolution. Very creamy texture, layers of oak and flavour, lively acidity and a real poise and excitement. Beth Willard Raisined and almost port-like on the nose. Full of dates, dried figs and chocolate. Dense with well integrated oak and a spicy finish. A big, intense wine.
  • 94
    2017 was an unusual vintage that saw hail in Quincha Corral and some of the Garnacha, but it didn't touch the Bobal grapes used for the 2017 Finca Terrerazo. This time 70% of the volume matured in the 3,500- and 5,000-liter oak vats, where the wine fermented, and the rest aged in 225- and 500-liter barrels for 15 months. I think there is a big change in style in this 2017; it feels like the 2016 is from a different era. This, despite the warmer vintage, is a lot fresher, the wine has a lighter color and less ripeness. The nose is subtle and the oak much better integrated. They changed the vinification, separating the subplots by soil and leaning toward less extraction in the winery. The aging was completely different also, and that's noticeable especially in the texture and the integration of the wood. The wine is a lot more fluid, harmonious and ultimately a lot more pleasant to drink. It has to be the finest Finca Terrrerazo to date.

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Mustiguillo

Mustiguillo

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Mustiguillo, Spain
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A relatively new winery, Mustiguillo was created to give a place and prominence to the unheralded varietal Bobal. The owners believe strongly that this grape, when cropped low and harvested later, can produce wines that rival some of the greatest wines of Northern Spain. As such, many of the old vines of the property have been kept (some as old as 90 years old) and new vines of Bobal have been planted as well.

Utiel-Requena lies on a warm, arid plateau at an average of 700 meters above sea level. Mustiguillo owns four distinct parcels scattered throughout the zone including two over 800 meters. Soil structure is quite poor, with low amounts of organic material. Gravel, some clay, and smaller amounts of limestone make up the bulk of the vineyards. Rainfall is lower than the Spanish average and this shortage is thought to contribute to the excellent fruit concentration of these vines.

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Spanish red wine is known for being bold, heady, rustic and age-worthy, Spain is truly a one-of-a-kind wine-producing nation. A great majority of the country is hot, arid and drought-ridden, and since irrigation has only been recently introduced and (controversially) accepted, viticulture has sustained—and flourished—only through a great understanding of Spain’s particular conditions. Large spacing between vines allows each enough resources to survive and as a result, the country has the most acreage under vine compared to any other country, but is usually third in production.

Of the Spanish red wines, the most planted and respected grape variety is Tempranillo, the star of Spain’s Rioja and Ribera del Duero regions. Priorat specializes in bold red blends, Jumilla has gained global recognition for its single varietal Monastrell and Utiel-Requena has garnered recent attention for its reds made of Bobal.

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