{"title":"Bodegas Ponce","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e“The Ponce family, quality leaders in Manchuela, ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e...these are among the best value wines from Spain, and I think the scores reflect wines that are worth a lot more than what they cost.” - Luis Gutierrez of The Wine Advocate\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bodegas-ponce-manchuela-blanco-2023","title":"Bodegas Ponce Manchuela Blanco 2024","description":"Organic \/ Biodynamic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e94 points Wine Advocate\u003cbr\u003eThe entry-level white is the 2024 Ponce Blanco, which is a little confusing, because Ponce is used for the top-of-the-range red. This is the old Reto, a champion in drinkability, minerality and affordability, produced with grapes picked early because of the warm and dry conditions of the summer, keeping the alcohol level at 12.3% (12.5% on the label), with a pH of 3.1 and 6.4 grams of acidity. The picking date is the most important decision here, early this time. It comes from different vineyards, ages, soils and, for the third time, includes the plot by the winery at over 800 meters above sea level on rich limestone and gravel soils. It fermented in small 1,000-liter vats inside the cold chamber and matured in 600-liter barrels and 1,000-liter foudres for seven months, mostly without malolactic to keep the vibrant and saline part, even though some barrels might go through partial malolactic. The palate has more volume, the effect of the lees, but with a very good texture; it?????s sapid and saline with very well-integrated oak (they are slowly renewing the barrels so as not to mark the wine). It?????s incredible for the price, and it has a very good track record for aging potential. This year, 18,000 bottles were produced and volumes should grow in coming years as the new plantings in the higher part come into production. It was bottled in late March 2025.","brand":"T.Edward Wine, LTD.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49239744348407,"sku":"PJ01563","price":15.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/4084\/2436\/files\/PonceBlanco2023.jpg?v=1778700489"},{"product_id":"bodegas-ponce-la-estrecha-bobal-manchuela-2022","title":"Bodegas Ponce La Estrecha Bobal Manchuela 2022","description":"Organic \/ Biodynamic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e96+ points Wine Advocate\u003cbr\u003eFor Juan Antonio Ponce, the 2022 La Estrecha is the vintage that better showcases the finesse of Bobal that they have been looking for, which he describes as fine, ethereal, fresh, elegant and intense. The plot has vines over 75 years old, with 90% Bobal and other mixed varieties on granite soils. It fermented with 100% full clusters in a 4,500-liter barrel and matured in a 5,000-liter oak foudre (instead of in 600-liter barrels like in the past) for 10 months. The wines are not fined, filtered or cold stabilized. This has only 12.5% alcohol, which is possible in the Mediterranean. This is very pale, delicate and ethereal, the change in the ??levage from barrels to larger foudre seems to have had a big impact in the wine that feels more relaxed. 4,800 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2023.","brand":"T.Edward Wine, LTD.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50226957091063,"sku":"PJ02263","price":25.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/4084\/2436\/files\/bodegas-ponce-la-estrecha-bobal-manchuela-2022_PJ02263_244c7157-4165-4052-8a78-cc6a8ef5bdf6.jpg?v=1773693456"},{"product_id":"bodegas-ponce-la-casilla-bobal-manchuela-2023","title":"Bodegas Ponce La Casilla Bobal Manchuela 2023","description":"Organic \/ Biodynamic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e94 points Wine Advocate\u003cbr\u003eThe 2023 La Casilla fermented with full clusters and indigenous yeasts in 4,500-liter oak vats and matured in those vats and some 600-liter barrels for nine months. It has incredible freshness, 13% alcohol, a pH of 3.6 and 5.5 grams of acidity. It's complex and serious, a lot more complex than Clos Lojen, despite the small price difference, and it has notes of berries, herbs and flowers, plenty of aromatic Mediterranean herbs and very good freshness and acidity, fine tannins and very good overall balance, ideal with food. It's serious but easy to drink. It's more Rhone than Burgundy. It was bottled in June 2024 and 15,000 bottles were produced. I tasted a bottle of the 2005, their first vintage, and the wine was fully mature, even if the style was different (it has 14.5% alcohol), more extractive and with more oak.","brand":"T.Edward Wine, LTD.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50226962366711,"sku":"PJ02264","price":14.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/4084\/2436\/files\/bodegas-ponce-la-casilla-bobal-manchuela-2023_PJ02264_51daac93-ef93-4038-bd18-58a9b97ffdf2.jpg?v=1773693458"},{"product_id":"bodegas-ponce-manchuela-tinto-2022","title":"Bodegas Ponce Manchuela Tinto 2022","description":"Organic \/ Biodynamic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e98 points Wine Advocate\u003cbr\u003eThe eponymous red 2022 Ponce was produced with 80% Bobal from granite soils and 20% Moravia Agria from limestone and clay. It fermented with 100% full clusters in open-top 4,500-liter oak vats and finished fermenting and aging in a single 7,000-liter oak vat for 11 months. It has 13% alcohol and a pH of 3.6 with 5.7 grams of acidity. This has something in common with the La Estrecha from this same vintage, with a more ethereal profile, both with changes in the elevage toward larger volumes that give the wines more relaxed, less tight personalities. Complete, balanced and harmonious from very early on, this is a great vintage for this wine. 7,000 bottles were filled in September 2023.","brand":"T.Edward Wine, LTD.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50783144444151,"sku":"PJ02734","price":49.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/4084\/2436\/files\/PonceRojo2021.jpg?v=1778882765"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/4084\/2436\/collections\/Ponce_Vineyard.jpg?v=1778705616","url":"https:\/\/pjwine.com\/collections\/bodegas-ponce.oembed","provider":"PJ Wine, Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}