{"id":8107,"date":"2013-05-17T06:14:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T11:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=8107"},"modified":"2016-04-23T13:46:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T18:46:18","slug":"ventosa-vines-bobal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/17\/ventosa-vines-bobal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventosa Vines Bobal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We received a bottle of 2009 Ventosa Vines Bobal for review and were anxious to try it. The wine was made from the Bobal grape, a variety that we had not tasted before. Bobal is indigenous to Spain and grapes for this wine were grown in Manchuela, a comarca of Castila-La-Mancha. This area receives constant breezes from the Mediterranean that cools the vines. Ventosa is the Spanish word for windy. Think of the scene of a windmill and Don Quixote. A windmill image is on the bottle label.<\/p>\n

The wine was a dark ruby to purple color. It had black fruit on the bouquet and taste with a hint of violets. There was a slight oak influence, but it was noted in the background. Perhaps the most impressive part of the quaffable wine was the velvety mouth feel. It is so soft that I wonder if white wine lovers would like this Bobal if they tried it. I was also surprised to see that the alcohol was only 12.5%, lower than expected for a wine from a Mediterranean climate. The grape has been gaining in popularity recently in part due to the ability to make a smooth lower alcohol wine.<\/p>\n

In June there will be a United States tour of wines from the Castilla-La-Mancha area in three cities: Houston, June 3rd, Denver, June 5th and Los Angeles on June 6th. Check out the Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cheers,
\nTerry<\/p>\n