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The GILBERT & GAILLARD International Magazine : Make some room in your lounge foe WINE REGIONS from around the world
The GILBERT & GAILLARD International Magazine :
Make some room in your lounge foe WINE REGIONS from around the world
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SPAIN<br />
– GRAPES –<br />
A beautiful bunch of Bobal grapes grown by Coviñas<br />
Bobal is a native grape variety grown in Spain’s<br />
Levante region. It is the star variety of the Utiel-<br />
Requena Designation of Origin where it makes<br />
up an estimated 70% of total production.<br />
According to the designation’s figures, 47% of<br />
the 21,876 hectares planted to Bobal are old vines, over<br />
40 years old.<br />
The climate and soil in this Mediterranean region offer<br />
perfect conditions for growing Bobal, which shows a<br />
preference for soils at a certain elevation. That’s exactly<br />
what the area has to offer.<br />
Bobal is also known as Provechón, Requena, Canonao,<br />
Boal, Boral, Bogal, Requeno or Bovatí depending on the<br />
town where it is grown.<br />
According to the designation of origin, “wines made<br />
with Bobal usually have an intense colour, full body and<br />
complex flavours. They are wines with potent volume and<br />
structure, and on the palate and nose, are reminiscent of<br />
ripe fruit, with tones of dried fruit, liquorice and spices.<br />
The young red wines are intense with very striking purple<br />
tones. Over time, they very slowly evolve, becoming<br />
vivid red wines reminiscent of ripe cherry.”<br />
Rosé wines made from Bobal “have a very attractive colour<br />
and aromas of red fruit, with intense deep violet tones.<br />
AUTUMN 2021 GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE 67