2015 Bodegas Ponce Manchuela Pino

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  11/19/2020 - tlhnyc Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Deep ruby. Earthy nose, repeated on palate with black fruit and a nice mineral tang. Had it with a spicy Thai stir-fry and it held up nicely---so a versatile food wine, I think.

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  9/25/2020 - wormfarmer Likes this wine:

  Needed an hour to show itself, and I'm not sure '15 is Ponce's best showing (I might want a bit brighter acidity), but man is this cool stuff for the price, and as Forceberry alluded to 2 years ago (a perfect note, really), this is a stunning rebuttal to 50 years of thinking about the Bobal grape.....

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  6/15/2020 - TGRLU Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Ein perfekter Bobal. Noch ein paar Jahre reifen lassen und die hervorstechende Frucht tritt etwas zurück. Dann noch harmonischer.

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  7/24/2018 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  Made from biodynamically farmed Bobal sourced from a 35-yo vineyard. Macerated by treading whole bunches for a few days and then transferred to oak barrels for aging. 13% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Opaque black cherry color with a hint of youthful purple hue. Very rich, sweet and fruity nose with brooding, concentrated aromas of blackcurrant candies, boysenberries, cherry marmalade, some liquorice, a little bit of wild volatile character and light inky notes. Despite its sweetness, the aromas are quite attractive. The wine is dry, medium-bodied and supple on the palate with pure, juicy flavors of liquorice, sweet black cherries, some succulent plummy fruit, a little bit of savory old oak spice, a hint of bousenberry jam and a touch of plum juice. The wine is quite soft and smooth on the palate with medium-plus acidity and very gentle and easy tannins. The finish is slightly grippy with juicy, fruit-forward flavors of liquorice, black cherries, wild strawberries, some crunchy forest fruits, a little bit of earthy spice and a hint of salty licorice.
  
  A very juicy, pure and vibrant Bobal that shows some sense of weight and concentration, yet no signs of overdoing things. A nice and well-made effort that shows how this derided grape variety can be made into a serious wine as well. What I'd want a bit more is higher acidity and slightly grippier tannins that would frame the sweet-toned and rich fruit character a bit better. Now the wine feels perhaps a bit too ripe and fruity. Overall a very enjoyable, approachable and vibrant effort, showing perfectly why Juan Antonio Ponce is considered to be the master of Bobal.

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