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A blend of Garnacha Fina, Garnacha Peluda (a downy, heat-tolerant biotype also found in Cataluña), and Mazuela (Carignan) • sourced from a variety of 50-plus year-old parcels at 500-600m on slate and clay-limestone • fermented spontaneously in cement with five weeks of maceration • racked to used 2500L fudres and 500L barrels for 13 month of elevage • Practicing Organic (in conversion)
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2022
Country:
Spain
Region:
Aragon
Appellation:
Valdejalon
Variety:
Blend - Other
Color:
Red
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | ES-FRO-21-22 | 12/750ml |
Resources
Press & Reviews
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2024-11-14
"The 2022 Telescópico Garnacha Garnacha Peluda Mazuela is a blend from different vineyards in the villages of Alpartir, Inogés and Morata, with some new vineyards in 2022, all higher altitude (800-plus meters in elevation) and old; so, it's an improvement in the origin of the cuvée. It's bright, precise and fresh, produced with full clusters in concrete and matured mostly in oak foudre and 500-liter barrels for one year, which gives it some spiciness that I didn't see in other reds from the vintage. It's neatly balanced, with amplitude and complexity, with flowers, berries and herbs, even with citrus, and it has a medium-bodied palate. This overdelivers for the price. 13.219 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2024."
James Suckling
Score
93
Date
2024-11-21
"This shows pomegranates, rose petals and blood oranges on the nose. The palate is juicy and balanced, with awesome freshness and subtle fruit. Harmonious, elegant and incisive. Fermented with 80% whole clusters. From vineyards in Alpartir and Morata. A blend of garnacha, garnacha peluda, carinena and others. Aged for 12 to 14 months in large oval foudres."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2021
Wine Advocate
Score
94+
Date
2023-05-31
"The 2021 Telesc¢pico Garnacha ú Garnacha Peluda ú Mazuela was produced with grapes from old vines in conversion to organic farming in the villages of Alpartir and Morata on limestone and slate soils. It fermented separately, with 80% full clusters (on average, the Cari¤ena is destemmed and has a softer vinification) in open-top vats with indigenous yeasts and foot treading and a 40-day maceration, then matured in 500-liter barrels and 2,500- and 3,000-liter foudres for four months. It has moderate ripeness and alcohol (13.5%) coupled with very good freshness and acidity. 2021 had a longer cycle, and the grapes developed more aromas and nuances. It is elegant and floral, with more flavors, and the wine is tastier and more umami, with abundant, finer tannins. This is a more serious wine, with citrus freshness. Superb. 21,216 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2023."
2020
Wine Advocate
Score
93+
Date
2023-05-31
"I tasted two vintages of some of the wines, like the blend of Garnacha Fina, Garnacha Peluda and Mazuela from the villages of Alpartir and Morata. The 2020 Telesc¢pico Garnacha ú Garnacha Peluda ú Mazuela was cropped from a rainy year and had a similar vinification and ,levage as the 2021 I tasted next to it‡80% full clusters, indigenous yeasts and 12 to 14 months in 500-liter barrels and 2,500-liter oak vats. It's a little more Mediterranean and riper but without excess, a vintage with more fruit, and it's juicy and has fine tannins. 19,283 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2022."
2020
John Gilman
Score
91+
Date
2024-05-14
"The 2020 Telescópico Tinto from Bodegas Frontonio is made from an intriguing cépages of garnacha, garnacha peluda and mazuelo, with all of the vines in excess of fifty years of age. The wine includes eighty percent whole clusters in this vintage, with the bunches foot-trodden and the wine raised for just over a year in a combination of oak barrels and foudres. The wine offers fine depth and complexity on the nose, wafting from the glass in a mix of dark berries, fruitcake, hung game, fallen leaves, coffee grounds, dark soil tones and a topnote of woodsmoke. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, black fruity and peppery, with a fine core of fruit, good soil signature, well-integrated tannins and a long, complex, well balanced and meaty finish. Good juice. 2032- 2060."
2019
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2021-11-11
2018
Wine Advocate
Score
93
Date
2020-04-30