Vera de Estenas Utiel-Requena El Bobal de Estenas 2024 Region:Valencia "Dark red ink in color

"Dark red ink in color

dried leaves and cinnamon

Fred and his son Lois work vineyards in the Kremstal region

a grape widely dismissed as a bulk variety

Brilliant on its own or alongside food

Vera de Estenas Utiel-Requena El Bobal de Estenas 2024 Region:Valencia "Dark red ink in colorThe villages of Utiel and Requena are in Valencia at the hot, dry edge of the highland massif of central Spain. This is also the spiritual homeland of Bobal, Spains third most common grape variety and one of its most obscure, one of many varieties doomed to toiling in the shadows for the simple sin of producing large yields. Most wineries who grow it make cheap bulk wine, but Vera de Estenas is one of a handful of growers who have recently started