Jose Gil San Vincente de la Sonsierra Village Wine, Rioja DOCa, Spain 2020 Kate Arnold Excellent persistence

Excellent persistence

Harvest was fairly late and the grapes were partially destemmed before fermenting using a gentle extraction and ageing in cask for a year

seamless Syrah (there's a splash of Grenache) has silky tannins

Small red fruits

finishing on a stewed tea note

Jose Gil San Vincente de la Sonsierra Village Wine, Rioja DOCa, Spain 2020 Kate Arnold Excellent persistenceThe 2020 Viedos en San Vicente de la Sonsierra, the village red, is quite different from the previous vintages, as it has up to 20% Garnachamore than in the past, when it could be some 2%. They also used some 10% full clusters and uncrushed grapes for the fermentation in stainless steel and plastic bins with indigenous yeasts. The wine matured in 500 liter oak barrel for some 10 months, and the integration of oak is better than with the smaller