2018 Bodegas Ponce Manchuela Ponce Red Wine

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 93.3 points

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  12/2/2023 - Rheingau84 Does not like this wine: 92 Points

  Bottle 873
  Just not my business. Very light weight, too light for me. Flintstone, raspberry and a little wild strawberry on the nose. Low acidity and tannins. It is balanced and elegant, it is a well made wine, but this style is not catching me. But if it’s your thing, it is definitely a nice wine. In my opinion, it’s now ready to drink and I don’t think there’s much coming with more time in the cellar.

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  8/6/2022 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points

  Had this wine again, blind. Consisten to my last Tasting note. A really elegant and successful wine.

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  11/14/2021 - pavel_p Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Slow ox’ed for about 1h before bringing to a dinner with friends. Pretty a fairly expressive wine dominated by red fruit and whole clusters. Not flabby by any means but still on the slightly richer and rounder side. Nevertheless guesses double blind were on cool climate Pinot. Very nice!

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  11/13/2021 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points

  Tasted blind. Light garnet color. Expressive, fragrant nose jumping from the glass with lots of whole cluster, sweet spices and raspberry. Very much in the best style of a NZ Pinot Noir like Felton Raod. Fresh and crunchy on the palate with 12.5% Alc. A wonderful wine. After it was revealed as a Bobal / Moravia Agria blend from Spain I was quite stunned. This wine is a great example of the trend back from heavy wines and off-the-mill French blends when there are interesting local varietals to play with.

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  2/13/2021 - forceberry wrote: 93 Points

  A blend of Bobal and Moravia Agria. Fermented spontaneously in oak vats. Aged for 17 months in old, neutral 600-liter oak barrels. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. 12,5% alcohol. Bottle #576 of total 1991 bottles. Tasted blind.
  
  Pale and translucent raspberry red color. Smoky, somewhat reductive and slightly "volcanic" nose with aromas of wild strawberries, some flinty smoky tones, a little bit of crunchy cranberries, light fruity notes of ripe red cherry and a reductive hint of hard-boiled eggs that is apparent upon opening the bottle, but blows off quickly. The wine is lively, fresh and crunchy on the palate with a medium body and bright flavors of crunchy cranberries and wild strawberries, some gunpowder smoke, a little bit of ripe red plum, light stony mineral nuances and a perfumed hint of violets. Lovely, bright acidity. Light, gentle tannins. The finish is fresh, long and lively with berry-driven aftertaste of wild strawberries, some gunpowder smoke, a little bit of crunchy cranberry, light stony mineral tones and a hint of floral lift.
  
  A very wonderful wine is what this is. Beautifully crunchy with a lovely streak of smoky reduction that might feel a bit skunky at first, but turns quite pleasant after a minute or two. The high acidity and the smoky tones made people think volcanic regions, so the first guesses were Canary Islands and Etna. However, after it was revealed that the wine was not (supposedly, at least) from a volcanic region, Spain quite quickly came into focus and I managed to quite quickly guess correctly Ponce as the producer. A lovely wine by all accounts - drinking mighty well right now, but based on the reduction, this might continue to improve in a cellar for at least a handful of years. Recommended.

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