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Spec sheet

TypeRed wine
Region
Grapes
Producer
AllergensContains sulfites
Alcohol contenti14.5%
Production1,800 bottles

What does this wine taste like?

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Violet red
Bouquet
Black fruit / Blueberries / Blackberries / White pepper / Liquorice
Mouth
Rich / Rounded / Elegant / Silky / Fresh

Drinking and storing

Serve between 15ºC and 17ºC

Food pairing

Iberian sausages / Grilled meat / Octopus Galician style

Ratings and awards

202095 PK
201894 PK
201793 PK
201692 PK
PK: Parker

Wine critics reviewsReviews by Parker

The more Bordelais of the reds is the 2020 El Espinal, pure Maturana Tinta, a.k.a. Castets, a relative of Carmenere that displays those notes of green peppers and spice that feel a bit alien here. But the wine is superb and features the high percentage of active limestone in the soil in the shape of a dry, chalky sensation, a mouthfeel, a texture rather than an aroma or flavor. It comes from one vineyard in San Vicente at 650 meters in altitude in a cold and Atlantic environment that was regrafted from Garnacha to Maturana Tinta some 25 years ago. I'd like to add it blind to a flight of Bordeaux for William Kelley! 2020 suffered a late frost, so yields were lower; 800 bottles were filled in February 2022, after 15 months in used 600-liter French oak barrels.

— Luis Gutiérrez (14/07/2022)Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2020 - 95 PARKER

Customer reviews

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1 review
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Winemaking

Ageing period12 months
Barrel ageUsed
Type of woodFrench oak

Vineyards

El Espinal

Vine age30 years
SoilCalcareous-clay
ClimateMediterranean with Atlantic influence

The winery

Bodegas Exopto

Bodegas Exopto

Tom Puyaubert arrived in Spain early in the year 2000 from his native Bordeaux, as a sales rep for a famous French cooperage, but coming into daily contact with some of the country’s best winemakers made him feel not only more passionate about wine but also in particular for La Rioja, its vineyards, its wine-growing culture... In 2003 he founded Bodegas Exopto and since then his project has continued to make good progress, producing wines with personality, always using...

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