Bodegas y Vinedos Ponce, Manchuela, Clos Lojen

Pased its peak but I am willing to try a newer vintage.

Dark but not opaque with a lovely cherry/raspberry with a few grace notes from light wood treatment. Light to medium bodied and above all graceful and elegant, with fine tannins and good acidity. The fruit is of excellent quality and the wine shows no signs of age. Intense, succulent finish. Clearly the maligned Bobal grape has suffered a bum rap!

Popped and poured. Very tight and even after an hour it's not showing too much. Notes of raspberry jam but still carrying some pretty chalky tannins. I think this one could use a little more time to mellow out.

Really nice, well defined, beaujolais spot on! Has that ineffable Spanish quality though that sets it apart, dry, mid weight, refreshing, dark fruit. Great qpr.

My second vintage of this and a fascinating wine. Light to mid weight with dusty tannins. Needs aggressive aeration and it opens up a lot. A rustic quality with a Beaujolais-like feel to the experience. Fresh. Just delicious and a ridiculous value.

Light -mid weight, dry fruit, light tannins. Agree with a (village) beaujolais similarity.

- Crimsom color and aromas of plastic, bell pepper and black currant. It's balanced and has flavours of vanilla and diacetyl (butter) with a medium/full body. Oily texture with a medium finish.

Nice wine. I thought it drank like a Beaujolais.

Great wine from a very obscure grape. Winemaker Notes: In Ponce’s view, this estate label is his benchmark because it spends the least time in neutral French oak, allowing it to showcase the health of the fruit and thus to indicate how the rest of his wines will behave in a given vintage. This vintage is a vibrant ruby color with purple highlights. The nose is alive with blueberry, red cherry, and a hint of banana. Manchuela’s red-clay soil speaks …