Bodegas Aranleon Utiel Requena Bobal Encuentro 2021 Alpes de Haute Provence savory notes

savory notes

he wasn’t trying to write an opus

orange peel and pepper

or “The Glutton”

The aroma is heady

Bodegas Aranleon Utiel Requena Bobal Encuentro 2021 Alpes de Haute Provence savory notesBlackcurrant, raspberry fruit leather, bay leaf, iron streaked soil: aromas that rise effortlessly from the glass. Chalky earth and incense, orange zest and inky black cherry: flavors that stamp the palate and seem to linger longer than reasonable. These are the notes of Bodegas Aranleons newest edition of their core red wine, the Encuentro. The Utiel Requena DO is named for two towns at the heart of a mid mountain valley east of Valencia. At nearly