gil pejenaute las paradas grenache 2018

"if we’re talking about revival in the spanish wine industry, we have to look to aragon, which for years has been looking to the future without ever losing sight of tradition and history. all of this takes on a special meaning in the d.o. campo de borja, in the northwest of the area, where most growers are cultivating old vineyards aged over 30 years old. the winegrowers there know that they have real treasures in their hands, vines over 40 years old, oenological wonders where they strive to bring out the full potential of this land. one of these growers is the couple javier gil and his wife cristina, who have fully embarked on gil pejenaute las paradas, a new project with which this winemaker seeks to elaborate his dream wine from old recovered vineyards. his gil pejenaute las paradas is a single-variety wine made from grenache grapes grown in old vineyards in tabuenca. ?after 25 years working in la rioja javier gil looks back at this small corner of the province of zaragoza where he can make a great red, which uses little energy and bears the name of aragon to the great tables of the world. for this, its base of operations will be 1.2 hectares of old vineyards that grow on slate soil that were about to disappear, and that javier gil has recovered with great enthusiasm working them in a respectful way, way of the ecological. finally, and with a lot of work, this dream is fulfilled with gil pejenaute las paradas. gil pejenaute las paradas is fermented in 500-litre oak barrels with native yeasts. it rests here for 18 months in a natural cave, where the temperature is kept at a constant 13°c. after that, this red wine is bottled without filtering or clarifying. and that’s about it. javier gil doesn’t need much more to be able to show all that he is capable of doing on this land with grenache."