Bodegas Ponce Manchuela PF Viñas Viejas Bobal 2022

	From ungrafted, more than 85 year old sticks
	Pure red fruit, refined minerality and subtle oak
	Delicious with white meat or poultry

A delicious Bobal

Elegant, juicy red wine with a pure olfactory expression of raspberry, red cherry, laurel, mint and toast. Deliciously mouth-filling and seductive in taste with red fruit, an invigorating freshness and supple tannin. The aftertaste is persistent with nuances of black olive and oak. Nice to drink straight away. Also delicious with stir-fried dishes with veal, coq au vin or soft cheeses.

Spanish wine for a party

PF is a breathtakingly beautiful prestige cuvée from Manchuela pioneer and Bobal expert Juan Antonio Ponce from one of his favorite vineyards. It is planted with more than 85 year old bobal sticks. Because they date from before the grape phylloxera plague (pre-phylloxera), they have not been grafted onto American rootstocks (pie franco). This is not only a rarity, but also produces a wine with special depth and finesse.

Juan Antonio farms his vineyards biodynamically. The canes in PF are planted on sandy soils – precisely the reason they survived the phylloxera plague, because the phylloxera (which eats the roots of the plants) does not thrive in sand. Juan Antonio does the picking by hand, in the Lincha, Gallo and Olivares plots.

Once harvested, the grapes ferment on the bunches using the grape's own yeasts. The first provides a refined structure, the second contributes to optimal terroir expression. After ten months of maturation in large French oak barrels, the PF is bottled without fining and unfiltered so as not to lose any of its authentic character.

The result is truly astonishing: what finesse, subtlety and complexity! With an alcohol content of only 13%, you would hardly believe that it comes from hot and southern Spain. Juan Antonio only makes 9000 bottles of PF, so don't miss your chance to discover this beautiful wine. And the name? It kills no fewer than three birds with one stone: Pre-Phylloxera, Pie Franco and Ponce Familiar. A direct hit, in every respect.