"Las Viñas Bastardas" 2020 IGP Tierra de Murcia

This red wine is made from the grapes of a single 80-year-old vineyard of unknown varieties. The vineyard in question is located on the right side of the road bordering DO Jumilla and DO Alicante and thus, for years, considered table grapes, underpaid and mistreated. Locals call them "The Bastard Vineyards." It took the creativity of Casa Rojo's Wine Gurus to decide that those grapes deserved, after years of neglect, to be enhanced. That is why they decided to select and harvest those vineyards, producing this unique wine. Harvested by hand in the second half of September, the clusters undergo double selection on arrival at the winery, followed by destemming. Fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, after malolactic fermentation, the wine ages in new French oak barrels for 6 months. An attractive ruby red color, this wine is fresh and balsamic on the nose, highlighting notes of ripe black fruit and fine leather details from its passage in wood. In the mouth it is a great classic, with soft tannins and a long, mouthwatering finish. For lovers of impossible challenges, this is the right wine to uncork at your next barbecue.