Finca Torremilanos 'El Porron de Lara' Carbonic Tempranillo 2024 750ml

SPAIN : CASTILLA Y LEÓN : ARANDA DE DUERO

BIODYNAMIC : Tempranillo

MED-BODIED, PLUM, RED CHERRY, ZESTY TANNIN, NEUTRAL OAK

Torremilanos picks this one twice. An early September pass keeps the acidity high, a second pass in early October brings the fruit and the alcohol, and the two lots ferment apart on native yeast before being blended in February. Eleven months in used barrels and concrete follow, so the oak reads as texture rather than flavor.

The estate sits at 800 to 900 meters outside Aranda de Duero and has been Demeter certified since 2015, the first estate winery in the appellation to manage it. This bottling is declassified to Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y León, which is what gives it room to be this light on its feet. Bottled unfined, unfiltered and with no added sulfur, at 13%.

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