La Casilla 2021

Crítica

2020 > 94 puntos
They think 2020 is the perfect vintage to show the potential of each of their vineyards, and the 2020 La Casilla shows that you can produce high quality wines with Bobal, with varietal character and really affordable. It has a medium body, with medium ripeness at 13% alcohol and good freshness and balance. You can feel the very good vintage in the very clean and precise aromas; it has a little more ripeness and a gentler mouthfeel, and the quality of the tannins is great, denoting a thorough ripening of the grapes. 15,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2021.
2019 > 92 puntos
The 2019 La Casilla is pure Bobal from organically farmed vineyards, 80% of them on limestone soils, 20% on clay and limestone and the remaining 20% from stony soils, all fermented with 100% full clusters in 4,500-liter oak vats and matured in a combination of 600-liter barrels and 4,500-liter vats for nine months. It's only 12.5% and has very good balance and freshness, with typicity and approachable, with limestone chalky minerality and complex, fresh and pleasant. It was interesting to compare the 2019 with the 2020, and that's when I saw how this 2019 felt more rustic and with an earthy touch, a faint leather and meat touch and a palate with abundant, slightly dusty tannins.15,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2020.
2018 > 93+ puntos
2018 was a cooler year, and the 2018 La Casilla kept a moderate 12.5% alcohol. It was produced with Bobal from 40- to 60-year-old vines on limestone-rich soils at 800+ meters above sea level. Like most of the wines, it fermented with 100% full clusters and indigenous yeasts in 4,500-liter oak vats and matured in used 600-liter French oak barrels and the same fermentation vats for nine months with lees. It's very fruit-driven with black raspberry aromas and a fresh herbal touch, lavender, thyme and rosemary. Some rains during the harvest delivered a fresher wine reminiscent of 2010 and 2013, a little lighter and with good aging potential. While tasting this wine, Juan Antonio Ponce told me something quite surprising: "At the end of the day, I prefer harvest when it rains during the harvest, as you can have a longer ripening period and the wines have more complexity." This has a lot of finesse for the rustic image the zone has. 12,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2019.