Viadero, Goyo Garcia 2019 Vinas de Arcilla

Viñas de Arcilla is the only 100% Tempranillo wine from Goyo Garcia, sourced from a northeast facing vineyard of very old Tempranillo vines (80+ years) on sandy clay soils. Like Goyo's other vineyards, Viñas de Arcilla is high elevation (around 800 meters) and the winemaking is also similar in approach: everything is destemmed, fermented in old foudre, raised for a long period in old barrel, and bottled without fining or filtration. Goyo avoids extractive approaches to winemaking in general, but as the only 100% red grape single vineyard bottling, Arcilla is fuller and denser than the other wines, with notes of balsamic and integrated but present tannins.