Savor Abel Mendoza Jarrarte 2020, a wine made from grapes sourced from vineyards with an average age of 35 years, located in different plots in the municipalities of San Vicente de la Sonsierra (La Rioja), Labastida (Álava), and Ábalos (Álava).
General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Tempranillo
Type of barrel
French oak barrels
Type of bottle
Bordeaux Bottle
Barrel aging time
12 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Tasting notes
On the palate, Abel Mendoza Jarrarte is dry and with a fresh structure, manifesting a pleasant sensation that quickly covers our entire mouth with a balance of pleasant sensations. Slight astringency, produced by a pleasant tannin. And a sensation of mellowness, of dry sweetness, produced by glycerin and alcohol. All in balance with an enveloping mineral touch.
The winery
Founded in 1988 by Abel Mendoza and his wife Maite Fernández, this Rioja winery, located on the left bank of the Ebro River and facing the Sierra Cantabria, began by marketing young wines made using the carbonic maceration technique under the Jarrarte brand. Their drive to develop more complex wines led them, a decade later, to focus on different vinifications from both white and red varieties, with the aim of creating wines with their own personality destined to endure over time.
The vineyards of Abel Mendoza are cultivated on rugged terrains with various compositions (clay-limestone, sandy, and stony soils) and are spread across 42 small plots that the winery harvests manually and works on throughout the year with the utmost respect for the environment.