2020 Bodega Pirineos 'Principio' Moristel

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(2021) Moristel is a variety found only in the Somontano region of northern Spain, and rarely seen bottled as a single varietal wine. Just 5000 bottles are produced, from vines averaging 20 years of age. Fermented with ambient yeasts, it is a vivid and saturated crimson, with buoyant and lifted aromas of kirsch and violet, perhaps a little Beaujolais Nouveau-like, there's a wild scrubland a garrigue character too. In the mouth it is creamy, fruity and forward, with no oak influence its the combination of very ripe, juicy summer berry fruit and a certain rusticity to the tannins that drives this. Acidity, however, is also keen, giving this a really racy edge and making for an authentically different drop. There are several independent suppliers.