Bodegas Ponce Clos Lojeb Bobal 2024
The Wine
Clos Lojen Bobal is the product of a single 4,500 litre old oak vat ferment, using whole bunches and carbonic maceration with indigenous yeasts — a winemaking style which will be familiar to Beaujolais aficionados.
Fruit for Clos Lojen comes from Ponce's most southerly vineyard, which is picked in early August to retain freshness. It's full of crunchy, bright, intense fruit characters, underpinned by a lively acid line.
The Details
Variety - Bobal
Country - Spain
Region - Manchuela
Extra - Cork
Year - 2024
Volume - 750ml
About the Wine Maker 
At the ripe old age of 23, Juan Antonio Ponce (pronounced pon-thay) left a coveted position in the winemaking team of Spanish giant Telmo Rodriguez, to found Bodegas Ponce in the region of Manchuela.
Here, with the native varietals of Bobal, Albilla and Moravia Agria, Juan Antonio began applying a degree of meticulous care to the vineyards that’s rarely seen in such a humble appellation.
More than a decade later, Ponce wines have become emblematic of a new philosophy in Spanish wine: biodynamically and organically farmed, focused on representation of terroir and heavily influenced by the natural wine movement in France.
His success has shown a lot of young winemakers that patience, care and hard work can elevate lesser known varietals and regions to great heights.
