Bodegas Ponce Manchuela Albillo Ponce 2023 MARQUE This is an approachable introduction

This is an approachable introduction to one of Pomerol's most respected addresses

a blending masterpiece of Chardonnay

the 2021 has settled into something broad and textural rather than merely fruity

and Chardonnay

Bodegas Ponce Manchuela Albillo Ponce 2023 MARQUE This is an approachable introductionAlbillo is a grape most people have never heard of a rare Spanish white long written off as rustic country wine filler. Juan Antonio Ponce thinks it deserves better. Back home in Manchuela, high on the chalky central plateau, he farms old Albillo vines biodynamically and treats them with the seriousness usually reserved for grand crus: whole cluster fermentation, neutral oak, barely any sulfur. What comes out is pure, textured, and quietly mineral a