Description

Né en 2011 comme une expérimentation à partir d'un cépage presque disparu, La Forcallà de Antonia est aujourd’hui devenu un vin des plus remarquables – et pas seulement parce qu'il a obtenu 92 points Parker. Innovant en puisant ses sources dans le passé, Rafa Cambra démontre qu'il est bon de revenir aux racines pour créer de la nouveauté. Ce vin de parcelle de Valencia aux airs atlantiques se distingue par son nez acide et riche en fruit rouge, sa bouche fraîche et soyeuse et son rapport qualité/prix extraordinaire.

Fiche technique

Le domaine
Rafael Cambra
Type de vin
Red - Young
Millésime
2016
Alcool
14.5% vol.
Cépage
100% Forcallat
Origine
Valencia

L'avis des experts

The Wine Advocate :

There was no 2015, because they lost the grapes to hail, so I tasted the recently bottled 2016 Forcalla de Antonia produced with Forcalla (or Forcallat) grapes from a very dry year (180 liters!). The vines are 55 years old, ungrafted, on sandy soils at 700 meters altitude and yield no more than two kilos of grapes per plant. It's a late ripener, with low alcohol and little color, that fermented with 10% stems in 2,000-liter vats and aged in used 500-liter French casks plus a further three months in concrete. This feels very young and a little reticent, closed and ungiving, in need of some time to develop some complexity, as it's subtle and floral and you can see it in the palate where the balance is very good and the flavors are focused. This is an elegant, Mediterranean red in need of some more time. 4,500 bottles were filled in August 2017. - Luis Gutiérrez.