El Puntido Rioja red wine 2022
Vinedos De Paganos Rioja El Puntido 2022 from Eguren family
Tasting notes, Robert Parker 93 points
The 2022 El Puntido, selected from the property that names it, fermented in stainless steel and matured in new French oak barrels for 16 months and six more months in tank. Like many 2022s here, it surprised me with its freshness, balance and harmony in such a warm and dry year, with red fruit, which they attribute to the cooler terroir of Laguardia where the vineyard is. It has the customary 14.5% alcohol, with a pH of 3.73 and 4.8 grams of acidity; it has slightly dusty tannins without the velvety texture of longer-cycle years like 2021, but it's still quite remarkable. 40,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2024.
Variety
100 % Tempranillo.
Vineyards
A single-vineyard wine from El Puntido of 25 Hcts. Soils of
franc-clay texture and calcareous-clay composition with a deep sandy, rocky sub-soil. Altitude: 600 m. A high density of plantation on the trellis and low yield. Organic fertilization.
Environmental integrated agriculture cultivation. Year of plantation: 1975.
Elaboration
The traditional method is 100 % de-stemmed.
Malolactic in barrel. Aged 16 months in new Bordelaise barrels of French oak.
Tasting notes
Dark garnet red cherry displays a subtle nose with mineral notes, ripe fruit, liquor and chocolate and a background of white flowers. On the palate, it is powerful, with a good balance between ripe fruit and oak, with round tannins.
Drinking temperatures: 16-18
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