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Arrocal Village

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Winery

ARROCAL, BODEGAS

Appellation

Ribera del Duero D.O.

Grape(s)

85% Tinto Fino, 10% Garnacha, 5% Albillo Mayor

Altitude/Soil

800 to 920 meters / alluvial sand, clay and pebbles

Farming Methods

Practicing Organic

Harvest

Hand harvested fruit. Early harvest

Production

Destemmed all grapes were co-fermented together with native microbes in stainless steel tanks for 10 days with skins

Aging

Aged for 12 months in 225 L – 500L oak barrels and 50 HL Foudres

Suggested Retail Price

$22

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Arrocal Village 2023

93 (RP) 92 (VfC) 92 (TA)

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93	The Wine Advocate	The 2023 Gumiel del Mercado Village was produced exclusively with grapes from the family vineyards in their village, all now certified organic (as of 2023), from different soils and places, looking into balancing the fruit, freshness and structure through the blend. It's mostly Tempranillo (Tinto Fino) and around 5% each Garnacha and Albillo Mayor. The grapes were harvested early, each plot fermented separately with indigenous yeasts, and the wine matured for 12 months in oak containers of different sizes and shapes—barrels, foudres and vats. It's fruit-driven and has notes of fresh berries, flowers and herbs, with the oak perfectly integrated, really taking me to the character of the wines from before the era of excess. It's juicy, medium-bodied, balanced and elegant, not terribly complex but very pleasant and approachable, with great purity. The parameters are 13.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.6 and 5.2 grams of acidity. Great value for money too. They produced a notable volume of this wine: 148,000 bottles! It was bottled in January 2025. Luis Gutierrez – The Wine Advocate; Jun 19, 2025
92	View from the Cellar	Bodegas Arrocal is another of the excellent producers based in the cooler, higher elevation township of town of Gumiel de Mercado. This is quite evident, as the 2023 Village bottling tips the scales at 13.5 percent octane this year, which is low by contemporary Ribera del Duero standards. This bottling is composed from a blend of ninety percent Tempranillo and five percent each of Garnacha and Albillo. The wine is aged for nine months in a mix of French and American oak barrels, with the casks three years of age. It reveals a precise and youthful aromatic constellation of red and black cherries, pipe tobacco, lovely tempranillo spice tones, a complex base of soil tones, peonies and a gentle framing of oak. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, focused and tangy, with a lovely core of fruit, ripe tannins, fine balance and a long, nascently complex and a vibrant, very promising finish. This is still a puppy and will need some time in the cellar to soften up its tannins, but it is going to be a lovely wine once it is ready to drink. It is an outstanding value! 2035-2075+. John Gilman, Issue 117, May– June 2025
92	Tim Atkin MW

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