Abel Mendoza Selección Personal 2022 is a highly expressive red wine that combines depth, freshness and elegance in a precise, balanced style, true to the character of its terroir. A complex, limited-production wine that reflects Abel Mendoza’s artisanal philosophy.
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 2022 is made from tempranillo grapes from Marrate -El Bardallo-, a 50-year-old vineyard located in the municipality of Labastida.
Bodegas Abel Mendoza, founded in 1988 in San Vicente de la Sonsierra, is one of the most personal and acclaimed projects in Rioja. Its philosophy is based on hands-on vineyard work, low yields and the precise interpretation of each individual plot. The Selección Personal range represents its most carefully crafted cuvée, produced only in vintages and from parcels that reach the required quality level.
Pairing
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
Alcohol content (% vol.)
13.5
Vintage
Winemaking
After destemming, fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, followed by malolactic fermentation in tanks (in some cases concrete).
Aging
The wine is aged for approximately 12–13 months in new French oak barrels, providing structure, complexity and a precise integration of oak without masking the fruit.
Description
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.
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.
