New wines from Valencia. I discovered these some 3 years ago and visited them in Spring 2022. This is a lovely juicy, almost rustic, yet delicious red. Made from roughly 60% Bonicaire and 40% Monastrell- Gobelet-trained, vines are cultivated in the Lloma Rasa vineyard at 500-550 metres altitude. Bonicaire grows in poor, sandy loam soil, and Monastrell in sandy-limestone soil, with a 2 metre deep limestone crust. Alcoholic fermentation takes place in stainless steel at 24-26ºC of the whole bunches, including stems, for 20 days. After pressing the wine completes fermentation in a combination of large oak barrels, amphora and concrete tanks - where it then remains for a time on fine lees.
