Barranco Oscuro, XP Embotellado Nov. 2020
Producer: Barranco Oscuro
Region: Alpujarras, Spain
Grapes: Pedro Ximenez
Style: White, Oxidative
Alc: 15%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A very special solera wine started in 2016, aged in 500lt barrels allowing a touch of flor to grow. Salty, nutty, with some real freshness that keeps you coming back for more.
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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