Barranco Oscuro, La Familia 2018
Producer: Barranco Oscuro
Region: Alpujarras, Spain
Grapes: Cabernets Franc & Sauvignon
Style: Red
Alc.: 14%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: The Valenzuela family’s take on these classic grapes. Green tannins, with some deep fruit, this is a lovely medium-bodied wine to have with a meal. Benefits from decanting.
Cadiar - Alpujarras - Spain
Manuel Valenzuela was born in Grenada in the mid 1940s and as an adult moved to Paris to escape Franco’s regime. He returned to the Alpujarras in the late 70s and bought Barranco Oscuro in 1979. The area had once been heavily planted with vines and was a significant producer of wines before being decimated by phylloxera. Farmers mostly replanted with almond trees rather than take the risk of replanting vines. Some vineyards remained but many of the indigenous varieties were much depleted…Read more
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