2023 Bodegas Frontonio 'La Cerqueta', Vino de la Tierra de Valdejalon, Spain Abruzzo all capable of producing Erstes

all capable of producing Erstes Gewächs wines (known as Grosses Gewächs in other regions in Germany)

so we kind of went for what was left– and I couldn’t be happier now

one-year elevage in French oak barrels

the fog getting sucked up the valley yada yada

it would be wonderful alongside a classic Alsatian choucroute

2023 Bodegas Frontonio 'La Cerqueta', Vino de la Tierra de Valdejalon, Spain Abruzzo all capable of producing Erstes100% Garnacha sourced from the 1. 18 hectare La Cerqueta planted in the 1940s on gray and blue slate at 630 meters Spontaneously fermented 100% whole cluster in cement with eight weeks of maceration Racked to a single neutral foudre for 12 months of elevage 2300 bottles produced Certified Organic Practicing Biodynamic (Demeter)