Kiko Calvo, ‘Bigardo’ Tinta de Toro (2021)
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Castilla y León, Spain— 100% Tinta de Toro (a local name for Tempranillo) grown organically on 20 hectares over sandstone, clay and limestone soils. Vines are on average 20-100 years old. Everything is hand harvested with fermented with spontaneous yeasts in small tanks (stainless & fiberglass). Destemmed but without crushing the grapes, 10 days on the skins whole cluster with 4-5 gentle manual punchdowns a day for delicate extraction. After pressing, it ages in mainly French barrels (225 and a few 400L) for around 10 months with zero filtering or fining. Minimal sulfur used at bottling (around 40ppm). Super crowd-pleasing, medium-boded red, that you might never expect comes from Toro! Definitely the new wave, not heavy or extracted like so many others.
Aromas and flavors include balsamic, pine, licorice, red and black fruit (blackberry, raspberry, plum, cherry); it is a fresh and friendly red wine with just the right amount of tannins.