Finca Calvestra 2017

I tasted two vintages of their white from Merseguera, including the 2017 Finca Calvestra that I tasted next to the 2018. 2017 was a warm vintage and saw an early harvest that delivered a white with 13% alcohol and very good acidity from dry-farmed, head-pruned vines at 920 meters in altitude. The vines, which have been certified organic since 2007, were regrafted with the white variety on vines that were originally Bobal planted in the 1970s. It fermented in 225- and 500-liter acacia barrels with indigenous yeasts and matured in those barrels with lees for 11 months. It was very interesting to compare it with the 2018, as the more Mediterranean character of this 2017 was a big contrast with the more continental 2018. There is a faint touch of wood, but it's quite different and subtler than oak, as they only use acacia wood for this wine. 12,100 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2018.