Description

Arborant une étiquette sur laquelle batifole le nom de son cépage majoritaire, Tintorera est issu d'un des petits joyaux viticoles de la province d'Alicante : un vignoble d'Alicante Bouchet (« Garnacha tintorera ») franc de pied planté il y a plus de 30 ans sur un sol aussi sableux qu'une plage de sable fin. Doux et charnu, il déploie des arômes de tomate confite et de belles notes florales et balsamiques. Un Grenache teinturier frais et nerveux.

Fiche technique

Le domaine
Vinessens
Type de vin
Red
Millésime
2016
Alcool
14.5% vol.
Cépage
75% Garnacha tintorera, 25% Monastrell
Origine
Alicante

L'avis des experts

The Wine Advocate:

They liked the challenge to work with Alicante Bouschet (or Garnacha Tintorera) and see if they could deliver a wine with freshness without any over-ripeness. The 2016 Tintorera is a blend of Alicante Bouschet with 25% Monastrell from old vines picked at 14.5% alcohol. It fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in 500-liter oak barrels for 12 months. The oak is nicely integrated, and the wine keeps the varietal character and has freshness and balance, so I guess they achieved their objective, at least in the cooler and wetter 2016. 6,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2018.