To create this unique wine, each year, Abel Mendoza himself selects a plot or soil whose performance has been most remarkable in that vintage, producing it separately. In this case, Abel Mendoza Selección Personal 2021 is made from tempranillo grapes from Marrate -El Bardallo-, a 50-year-old vineyard located in the municipality of Labastida.
General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Tempranillo
Type of barrel
New French oak barrels
Type of bottle
Bordeaux Bottle
Barrel aging time
13 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Tasting notes
Clean with abundant and unctuous tears in sight. It displays a cherry red color with garnet edges.
Medium intensity on the nose.
On the palate, it is dry and structured, offering a pleasant sensation that covers the entire mouth with a balance of complex, pleasant, and fresh sensations.
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.