Carlos Sanchez 'Bienlarme Lagrimas Bellas' Rioja Tinto 2022

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Carlos Sanchez 'Bienlarme Lagrimas Bellas' Rioja Tinto 2022Carlos Sanchez would have to be the Spanish discovery of the year. Originally from Sierra de Gredos (aka Grenache territory and home to Comando G) but now based in Labastida in Rioja growing and making Tempranillo. Note: Labastida is also home to Spanish young gun Jose Gil who is also making waves of late is this small village become the epicentre of the new Rioja? To the wine itself: a blend of two parcels, organically farmed. The wine is dominated

The delicious and attractively vibrant flavors are not as dense as those of the old vines Morey though they do offer sneaky good length on the youthfully austere and moderately rustic finale

Packed with sweet

nectarines and grapefruit pith

which only counts for 1-2% of agave species

7895 ha and the rest belonging to the various branches of the illustrious Leflaive family (replanting their plot in 1970's)

gravel and sandstone) across 11 separate vineyards in Paardeberg

8% alcohol and notwithstanding its fresh appearance

with just a smidge of apricot and kernels

Succulence is nicely controlled – the sweetness only makes it halfway through the palate before the acid train takes over

The resulting wines are worlds apart

The current holding is 1

with the 2011 Touraine and 2004 Cabassaou drinking beautifully at the moment but with plenty of life still ahead

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