Bodegas y Vinedos Ponce - Manchuela - Ponce - Red - 2023

Wine:

Vintage after vintage, the 2023 Red Manchuela continues to impress. With its fresh, expressive nose of stone fruit and a subtle smoky touch, it showcases Bobal (75% of the blend) at its finest. Fermented and aged in large wooden foudres, it preserves incredible freshness and purity. Delicate, precise, and beautifully balanced, its silky tannins enhance its elegance and refinement. This is the best vintage ever produced for this cuvée—rated 98+/100 by Parker.

Vinification:

Hand harvested. La Ensancha plot of vines over 60 years old. 100% indigenous yeasts. Aged for 17 months in 600-litre French oak barrels. No fining or filtration.

Color:

Intense, brilliant red.

Nose:

Fresh with stone fruit aromas and a delicate smoky touch.

Palate:

A cuvée loved for its remarkable concentration, with smooth, well-integrated tannins and an elegant, perfectly balanced structure.

Temperature:

Serve at 14 to 16°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Entrecôte steak with shallots, morel risotto, stuffed duckling with crunchy vegetables, veal stew with olives.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2031

An undeniable phenomenon in Spain, Juan Antonio Ponce has taken Manchuela to new heights with wines that are shockingly fresh and pure. Honestly, no one does Bobal better—period.

Trained alongside Telmo Rodriguez, he took over his father’s vineyards in 2004 and has been crafting wines ever since that are crystal-clear, honest, and completely unadorned.

Spotted by Parker right from his very first vintages, he’s proved beyond doubt that you can make truly world-class wine here—organically farmed, rooted in old vines, and celebrating the region’s indigenous grapes.