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Bodegas Ponce Manchuela Grenacha La Xara 2024

$1999

La Xara is Juan Antonio Ponce’s love letter to Garnacha, hailing from one of  Juan Antonio's most treasured vineyards. It’s a recovered 10-hectare, where 40-year-old vines dig deep into a complex mix of clay, limestone, and granite. Shaped by a continental climate with a whisper of cool Mediterranean winds, La Xara is a study in balance. It perfectly captures the raw energy of the terrain with its bright, crunchy fruit and striking minerality, while maintaining the trademark finesse that has made Ponce a household name to the most intrepid of Spanish wine lovers.

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  • Provenance Assured: All wines are maintained in climate-controlled conditions at our shop until the moment of dispatch.

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  • If the wine is less than 10 years old and it is corked, you may return it to us for a full refund or exchange within 60 days of purchase. You must show us proof of purchase. We understand that you may not live near a shop and that it is difficult to ship open bottles of wine to us, so if there's any problem feel free to Contact Us and we'll work it out.
  • For wines older than 10 years, the consumer bears the risk of a faulty cork, but we accept returns of older bottles if the wine is faulty as a result of improper storage. Please come by the store or Contact Us if there is a problem.
  • We may, at our discretion and to the extent permitted by law, accept returns of unopened wines within 30 days of purchase if they were properly stored by the purchaser, subject to a 15% re-stocking fee.

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Robert Parker

93 points

"The 2024 La Xara is another different red. It's made from pure Garnacha, a variety able to adapt to the three consecutive warm and dry summers and keep the fresh and floral character. It fermented with full clusters in 4,500-liter oak vats and matured in an 11,000-liter vat and 600-liter barrels for seven months. They managed to make a serious wine, with some austerity but without any green notes. It has contained ripeness and good freshness and balance, with 13.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.65 and 5.5 grams of acidity. It started a little closed and took time to open up in the glass. It has more complexity and depth than in previous years, a more serious Garnacha. In 2026, the new Garnacha plantings will come into production. 12,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in early March 2025."

More about Bodegas Ponce

Spain has just about the longest winemaking tradition in the world. It actually predates the founding of Rome by millenia. And yet today it is also one of the most dynamic winemaking countries in the world, thanks largely to young winemakers who are out in droves. Some are on the experimental cutting edge. Others are strict traditionalists, preserving their heritage.

But others, like Juan Antonio Ponce, fall somewhere in the middle, taking heritage grapes that have only been used for rustic country wines, and showing that with diligent farming and careful winemaking they can make complex, nuanced wines.

Ponce has a head start on making great wine, with varied, rocky terroir, old vines and a deep drive to preserve and elevate his inheritance. He works biodynamically and with minimal interventions (natural yeasts only). This wine is a far cry from the bulk wines mostly produced in the region. And yet the prices remain incredible.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Grenache

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Biodynamic

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

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