El Aprendiz IGP Castilla y Leon Leyenda del Paramo, 2019

A rare variety cultivated in León; Prieto Picudo is the passion of Pedro González who is on a self-made mission to raise its status. El Aprendiz 2019 has sweet tobacco, floral and herbal aromas with dried fennel and wild scrubland. It is medium-bodied with some firm chewy tannins evolving on the palate leading to a firm, bitter finish. Grapes came from organically farmed, low old-bush vines growing close to the ground to protect from the wind in deep acid soils. It was matured for six months in 75% French Allier and 25% American oak barrels from Missouri. The Magnums (lot 3326) will be signed by the winemaker