Finca Sandoval Bobal Salia Manchuela 2020 750 ML

The 2020 Salia has a slightly different blend 60% Syrah 25% Bobal 10% Touriga Nacional and 5% Garnacha with a little bit more ripeness (13.5% alcohol) and more acidity and freshness. It fermented with 40% full clusters and indigenous yeasts and had 15 days of maceration. It matured in 300-liter French oak barrels for 10 months. It comes through as more nuanced and complete very clean with the 2020 Mediterranean profile. The wine is more expressive of the varieties especially the Syrah. This is juicy and chewy with fine tannins and very good balance. This has to be the finest Salia to date. 13000 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2021. There is a big change at Finca Sandoval the winery created by journalist Víctor de la Serna in Manchuela in 1998. There is a change in ownership and Javi Revert is now in charge of winemaking. The winery now works 21 hectares of vineyards after purchasing some extra Bobal and Moravia Agria vineyards mostly in the village of Ledaña but there's also a plot of ungrafted Bobal in Villamalea. In 2022 they dug up three of their 10 hectares of Syrah and in 2023 they will plant red and white traditional grapes that will be head pruned. The profile of the wines has also changed a lot starting with viticulture. In the future the winery will also produce a white from local varieties. Production averages 40000 bottles. All the wines are certified organic.