{"product_id":"las-pedreras-pelito-lindo-garnacha-2024","title":"Las Pedreras Pelito Lindo Garnacha 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere’s a saying in the business that ‘great wine starts in the vineyard’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd the winemaker’s job is to guide the grapes into bottle, leaving the drinker with a vivid sense of where the wine comes from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat’s exactly how the best do it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of those amazing vineyards, Las Calzadas, is the main component in this wine from Gredos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGredos is Spain’s answer to Burgundy, and its patchwork of old vineyards dotted around a remote, mountainous region of imposing granite peaks makes it all the more dramatic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI've had the pleasure of visiting it with winemaker Bárbara - even better I’d enjoyed the wine at lunch just moments before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wine is named after the vineyard’s previous owner, an old guy who lived in nearby Villanueva de Ávila.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLots of old people in Spanish villages have nicknames - I’ve heard of \u003cem\u003eLa Loba\u003c\/em\u003e (the wolf) and \u003cem\u003eEl Ratón\u003c\/em\u003e (the mouse).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePelito Lindo\u003c\/em\u003e means ‘beautiful little hair’ - Bárbara tells me he was bald with a fringe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis amazing fact aside, the wine is one of the best Garnachas in Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vines are over 100 years old, and the vineyard faces south east. It produces an elegant, refined Garnacha with serious perfume and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThink of Châteauneuf-du-Pape meets Côte-de-Nuits Burgundy, and you’re in business.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’m very lucky to work with winemakers who in turn work with some of the most special vineyard sites in the world - and this is definitely one of them!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WineSpark","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57047509991755,"sku":"PLTLND24","price":51.3,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/0645\/5483\/files\/LasPedrerasPelitoLindo21.jpg?v=1715952830","url":"https:\/\/winespark.com\/products\/las-pedreras-pelito-lindo-garnacha-2024","provider":"WineSpark","version":"1.0","type":"link"}