Score: 91+
Press Details
Wine Name: Tintilla 'Terracota'
Producer: Forlong
Publication: Wine Advocate
Vintage: 2022
Tasting Notes
After tasting some very complex whites, it was hard to taste the reds, so I had to take a break and a reset to go to the 2022 Terracota (temporarily called Amphora in the previous vintage), produced with Tintilla de Rota grapes in a fresh style but marked by the warm and dry year, when it achieved 13.5% alcohol while it kept five grams of acidity. The grapes were picked early, and the wine fermented and matured in terracotta tinaja, or ánfora, for 12 months, trying to preserve the freshness and primary character of the variety. It was produced with grapes grown on albariza soils 10 kilometers from the sea in the Pago Balbaína. 2,800 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2024.
