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Vera de Estenas

Vera de Estenas Bobal Utiel-Requena 2024

Price: $25.00
Tasting notes

Aromas of black plum and cranberry sauce mix with cinnamon and potting-soil earth notes. The palate is rich with ever-present tannins, stewed plum and raspberry fruit with enough acidity to keep things moving into a savory, earthy finish.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
  • Style: Dry red wine; medium body; 12.5% ABV
  • Grapes & Terroir: 100% Bobal; organically farmed; en vaso bush vines 55-95 years old; clay-calcareous soils; 800m elevation, Utiel-Requena
  • Winemaking: Destemmed; 12 days skin maceration in concrete with daily pump-overs; 3 months in concrete; 5-6 months in used French oak
  • Serving: Serve at 60-65°F
  • Pairing: Grilled vegetables, poultry, fish, meats, lamb
  • Similar To: Other old-vine Bobal from Utiel-Requena or Manchuela

Founded in 1945 by Francisco Martinez Bermell, Vera de Estenas has been crafting wines from their 47 hectares of estate fruit since their inception. The wine is 100% Bobal from en vaso (bush trained) vines 55-95 years of age located in the heart of Utiel-Requena on clay-calcareous soils with some river stones. Felix Martinez tends these vines organically, and uses only concrete tanks in the cellar. The grapes are destemmed and macerate on skins for about 12 days in concrete tanks with daily pump-overs until primary fermentation is complete, then gravity-fed off the skins to complete malolactic fermentation and age 3 months in concrete before being transferred to used French oak barrels for 5-6 months before bottling.

The Vera de Estenas Bobal is versatile in food pairing, complementing grilled vegetables, poultry, fish, and meats. Wine-Searcher lists lamb as a food pairing for this Utiel-Requena wine.

Wine details

Dry/Sweet:, Dry
Wine Type:, Red Wine
Wine Style:, Medium Body
Grapes:, Bobal
Farming:, Organic
Vintage:, 2024
Alcohol:, 12.5%
Country:, Spain
Region:, Utiel-Requena
Appellation:, Utiel-Requena DO
Bottle Size:, 750ml
Sugar Level:, Zero Added Sugar

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Vera de Estenas Bobal Utiel-Requena 2024
$25.00

Producer profile

Vera de Estenas

Founded in 1945 by Francisco Martinez Bermell, Vera de Estenas has been crafting wines from their 47 hectares of estate fruit since their inception. Vera de Estenas is one of the most traditional producers in Utiel-Requena, with some of the oldest Bobal holdings in Spain. Under the current leadership of Felix Martinez, Vera de Estenas is producing wines from Bobal vines as old as 100 years.

Vera de Estenas is one of a handful of growers who have recently started making quality Bobal from some of the oldest vines in Spain, some over 100 years old. Felix Martinez tends these vines organically, and uses only concrete tanks in the cellar. The vines are en vaso (bush trained), 55-95 years of age, located on clay-calcareous soils with some river stones.

Each parcel is harvested separately as they achieve optimal ripeness. The grapes are destemmed and macerate on skins for about 12 days in concrete tanks with daily pump-overs until primary fermentation is complete. The juice is then gravity-fed off the skins to complete malolactic fermentation and age 3 months in concrete before finally being transferred to used French oak barrels for 5-6 months before bottling.

Wine region

Utiel-Requena, Spain

The villages of Utiel and Requena are in Valencia at the hot, dry edge of the highland massif of central Spain. Vineyards sit at 800m elevation near the mouth of the Estenas river near the foot of the Sierra del Remedio mountains, running northwest to southeast along a broad swath of calcareous clay soils. Summer brings scorching heat, but a cooling wind called the Solano brings relief, and nighttime temperatures can drop substantially due to the high elevation, helping to preserve acidity in the grapes.

Utiel-Requena is the spiritual homeland of Bobal, Spain's third most common grape variety. With 90,000 hectares under vine, Bobal is the third most planted grape variety in all of Spain. The high-yielding vine was historically regarded as only useful for simple, acidic red and rosé wines destined for the local Co-Op.

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