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100% 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 eleven weeks of maceration • racked to a single neutral fudre for 12 months of elevage • Practicing Organic (in conversion) • 3800 bottles produced
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2022
Country:
Spain
Region:
Aragon
Appellation:
Valdejalon
Variety:
Garnacha
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Practicing Organic
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | ES-FRO-31-22 | 6/750ml |
Resources
Press & Reviews
James Suckling
Score
95
Date
2024-11-21
"A subtle yet energetic red with floral aromas. The palate is substantial, with tension and firm yet polished tannins. Love the combination of drinkability and subtle structure. This comes from a single old 1.18-hectare vineyard planted on slate soils. It's a structured yet well-constructed wine that is delicious now but will surely improve with some bottle time."
Wine Advocate
Score
94+
Date
2024-11-14
"The 2022 La Cerqueta is getting more and more elegant and less earthy than the past, with more floral notes and more red fruit. The single-vineyard Garnacha is from a 75-year-old dry-farmed and head-pruned plot of 1.18 hectares at 630 meters altitude on slate soils. It fermented with indigenous yeasts and 100% full clusters that were foot trodden in concrete and had a long maceration of 81 days, and it matured in oak foudres. It has 13.5% alcohol with a pH of 3.2 and 6.1 grams of acidity but comes through as a little riper than the La Tejera that I tasted next to it. It has a medium-bodied palate with abundant, fine-grained tannins and a slight earthiness. 3,744 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2024."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2021
Wine Advocate
Score
95
Date
2023-05-23
"Mora considers the 2021 La Cerqueta his best old Garnacha on slate soils, produced with the grapes from a vineyard that's in conversion to organics at 630 meters in altitude. The whole clusters were foot trodden and fermented with indigenous yeasts with a long cuvaison of 76 days. It has 13.5% alcohol and a low pH of 3.25 coupled with close to six grams of acidity. This is superb. There is cleanliness, precision and symmetry here, and it's floral and perfumed and has tension and citrus freshness. As with many other wines, 2021 has to be the finest vintage for this wine yet. 4,352 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2023."
2020
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2023-09-13