{"product_id":"ponce-la-estrecha-2024-bobal-manchuela","title":"Ponce La Estrecha 2024 Bobal Manchuela","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"144\" data-end=\"1050\"\u003eWow!, probably one of the best wines I've had this year. Pedro.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"144\" data-end=\"1050\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 2024 La Estrecha comes from a plot that tends to deliver finesse, a floral character and complexity. It shows freshness and approachability but can also age. It fermented with full clusters in 4,500 litre oak vats with indigenous yeasts and matured in a 5,000 litre oak vat until just before the next harvest. It is an old Bobal vineyard on granite soils with around 10 percent other varieties. It comes in at 12.2 percent alcohol, a pH of 3.5 and 5.7 grams of acidity. It starts a little shy but with nuance and detail and then becomes more insinuating and serious. This is always one of my favourite wines here irrespective of price. The varietal blend and soils make it very elegant, complex and complete with very fine chalky tannins and less grip than those from Pino. This could very well be the highlight of the 2024 vintage. 5,200 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2025. 98 Pts, Luis Gutiérrez - The Wine Advocate.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1052\" data-end=\"1327\"\u003eLa Estrecha is a single parcel of very old vines planted at high density on red clay and limestone at around 700 metres above sea level. Sitting on a narrow slope between forest and the larger La Casilla vineyard, these vines produce one of Ponce’s most sought-after wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1329\" data-end=\"1597\"\u003eThe 2024 shows an intense black cherry and plum core, layered with Rhône-like notes of tar, olive and dried meat that bring depth and savoury complexity. The tannin structure is firm and powerful, giving the wine real shape and clearly setting it up for long ageing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1599\" data-end=\"1757\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eA deeply structured yet highly refined expression of Bobal, combining site, altitude and old vine concentration into a wine of serious presence and longevity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Appellance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50151628865729,"sku":null,"price":74.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0843\/3428\/0897\/files\/ponce-la-estrecha.webp?v=1776834296","url":"https:\/\/appellance.com\/products\/ponce-la-estrecha-2024-bobal-manchuela","provider":"Appellance","version":"1.0","type":"link"}