Phincas Thousand Mils 2016

The orange 2016 Phincas Thousand Mils has a very medicinal nose with notes of clove and bay leaf, a balsam touch and plenty of dry yellow flowers and chamomile. It's a mix of white grapes—Viura, Garnacha Blanca, Malvasía Riojana (Alarije), Palomino, Cayetana, etc.—fermented after being foot trodden, so there's some maceration with the skins that extracts color and tannins. Fermentation finishes in barrel after pressing, and it spent three years in 225-liter oak barrels. This is an unusual wine produced in an unusual way, but it feels much fresher than previous vintages, with flavors of orange marmalade and spices. A white for food. 2,520 bottles were filled in October 2019.