Abel Mendoza Grano A Grano Tempranillo Rioja 2019

2019 Grano A Grano Tempranillo Rioja 94TA/94WAAbel MendozaSan Vicente, Rioja 100% Tempranillo “Grano a Grano” literally means “Grape by Grape”. Each cluster of fruit is destemmed by hand The aim is to make a more serious wine where intracellular fermentation starts inside the berries and then the fruit is stomped by foot. Fermented in small tanks of no more than 1,200 kgs. After alcoholic fermentation, the skins are pressed into new 500-liter French oak barrels. Malolactic fermentation takes place in the barrel and the wine aged for 18 months before being bottled. Not Yet Rated but here is the 2017 & 2018 review 2018: 96 pts Luis Guttierrez Robert Park Wine AdvocateI'm amazed at the aromatics of the 2018 Tempranillo Grano A Grano, with notes of orange peel and flowers, incredibly aromatic and nuanced for a Tempranillo. The grapes were hand-destemmed in order to avoid the effect of a destemmer that might rip the grapes open and to keep them intact to make them go through a semi-ca