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San Vicente de la Sonsierra 2022

Name: San Vicente de la Sonsierra 2022
Brand: José Gil
Price: 32.90 EUR
Availability: InStock

José Gil’s village wine from San Vicente, showing a darker, more powerful expression of Rioja. Structured, spicy and mineral with great ageing potential.

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About this wine

This cuvée comes from old vineyards around San Vicente de la Sonsierra, on the right bank of the Ebro, planted predominantly with Tempranillo and farmed organically. As with the Labastida wine, grapes are harvested by hand and vinified with a significant proportion of whole clusters, native-yeast fermentation and gentle extraction. Ageing is in seasoned oak to avoid overt wood flavours. The 2022 combines dark cherry and blackberry fruit with liquorice, graphite, violets and subtle savoury tones, framed by firm but refined tannins and fresh acidity. It’s a serious, terroir-driven Rioja with clear address and energy.

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Tasting Note

Early critic and merchant notes highlight ripe but not heavy dark fruit, floral and graphite notes, cool-climate spice and a tightly woven, mineral palate that promises excellent development in bottle.

In the glass

Medium-deep ruby with a slight purple tint.

In the nose

Black cherry, mulberry, violets, liquorice, crushed stone and a hint of smoke and savoury spice.

On the palate

Concentrated yet precise, with dark berry fruit, mineral drive, firm but fine tannins and a long, vertical, mouth-watering finish.

José Gil

José Gil is one of Rioja’s most exciting young artisan growers, based in San Vicente de la Sonsierra and working mostly old vineyards at altitude. His approach is firmly “vigneron”: single-vineyard and village wines, often with whole clusters and restrained oak, giving perfumed, finely structured Tempranillo. Named “Young Winemaker of the Year” in Tim Atkin’s Rioja report, he represents a new, terroir-first face of the region.

Character of the wine

Grape Varieties

Tempranillo, Garnacha, Viura

Vinification

Old-vine Tempranillo (and local varieties) fermented with indigenous yeasts, often with whole clusters, and aged in neutral oak barrels/foudres for around 12–14 months.

Classification

DOCa Rioja village wine

Style

Full-bodied & Structured

Aging potential

Long aging possible

Decant Time

2-3 hours

Drinking Temperature

16–18 °C

Body

Full

Conservative food pairing

Lamb chops

Funky food pairing

Jamaican jerk chicken

Music pairing

Blues

Art pairing

Symbolism

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