{"product_id":"2022-ponce-pino-bobal","title":"2022 Ponce Pino Bobal","description":"\u003cp\u003eJuan Antonio Ponce has done more than almost anyone to drag Bobal out of the bulk-wine vats of Manchuela and into the spotlight. Pino is one of his single-vineyard reds, and it shows just how serious this once-overlooked grape can be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePonce farms organically around Iniesta, high on the plateau between La Mancha and Valencia, and he's built a reputation for honest, low-intervention wines that put the site first. Pino comes from a single hectare of 40-year-old vines on limestone. It's fermented in big 4,500-litre oak vats and matured in a large oval foudre, so the wood frames the fruit rather than flavouring it. The aim here is a more structured, age-worthy Bobal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpect dark cherry and wild berries, a herbal, earthy edge and the grape's naturally bright acidity running through a medium-bodied palate. The tannins are firm and a little grippy in youth - this is Bobal with backbone, not a soft crowd-pleaser. Give it some air now, or a few years in the cellar to settle and open up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2024 Pino is a limestone-grown, old-vine Bobal from the grape's leading champion, and a great way to see what Manchuela can really do.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ponce","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43942496305195,"sku":"2022 Ponce Pino Bobal","price":69.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.differentdrop.com\/products\/2022-ponce-pino-bobal","provider":"Different Drop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}