Description

Le meilleur vin de la maison, qui porte le nom de la famille car il représente fidèlement la philosophie de Juan Antonio Ponce. Un véritable prodige de précision, d'élégance et de pureté.

Fiche technique

Le domaine
Bodegas y viñedos Ponce
Type de vin
Rouge
Millésime
2024
Alcool
12.5% vol.
Production
8 000 bouteilles
Cépage
85% Bobal, 15% Moravia agria
Origine
Manchuela

Dégustation

Vue
De couleur plus pâle en raison de la forte proportion de Moravia agria.
Nez
Arômes discrets qui s'ouvrent progressivement sur des notes florales (notamment de fleurs blanches), de craie, d'herbes et de fumé, accompagnées d'une touche minérale.
Bouche
Le Moravia acidulé apporte de l'élégance, adoucissant la Boba, atténuant ses tanins et conférant au vin une texture soyeuse. C'est un vin qui allie à la fois fraîcheur, élégance et sérieux.
Température de service
16 °C.

Vignoble et élaboration

Nom
La Ensancha.
Année de plantation
Vignobles âgés de plus de 60 ans.
Sol
Granitique et caillouteux pour le vignoble de Bobal et calcaire pour la Moravia agria.
Vinification
Fermentation avec des levures indigènes.
Elevage
12 mois en fûts de chêne français de 600 litres.
Embouteillage
Sans clarification ni filtrage préalable.

L'avis des experts

The Wine Advocate:

The top of the range in red is the 2024 Ponce, this year a blend of 70% Bobal and 30% Moravia Agria, which is higher than ever because Moravia suffered less from the frost than Bobal (they're from the same vineyard), and in the warmish 2024, it ripened thoroughly (it's not an easy grape). It fermented with 100% full clusters and indigenous yeasts in 4,500-liter oak vats and matured in a 5,000-liter oak vat for eight months. It has some iron-like notes and is a little earthier, with fine rusticity, but with seriousness, and even if it sounds like a contradiction, it has elegance, developing notes of violets and getting rid of the iron notes with time in the glass. It's balanced, juicy and vibrant, long and fresh, with a very serious mid-palate, the two varieties complementing each other nicely. They harvested early here too. For Juan António Ponce, this is the finest year for this wine that he has produced since 2018. 6,800 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2025.

James Suckling:

Stemmy but precise, complex and minerally on the nose, with an herbal character rendering freshness to its wild-cherry fruit. Also, a touch of white pepper and grilled citrus reminiscent of baked grapefruit. The tannins are tight, sinewy and savory, showing the bony austerity that you’d expect from this mix of bobal and moravia agria. Tannic, chewy, tensioned and mealy. A little closed now. Better after 2026. (Zekun Shuai)