Jose Gil, El Bardallo Vintage:2022 muscular tannins grab hold of

muscular tannins grab hold of the finish

near the border with (Basel) Switzerland

The Mev Kirsten has a certain gravitas that weighs on the palate and hangs through the long

The alcohol however lingers on the finish much as on the nose

nervous Barolos

Jose Gil, El Bardallo Vintage:2022 muscular tannins grab hold ofAs 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,