2022 Bodegas Frontonio 'El Jardin de las Iguales' Macabeo, Vino de la Tierra de Valdejalon, Spain Mars ‘AP’ stands for affinement prolongé

‘AP’ stands for affinement prolongé

long-aged single malt matured exclusively in Mizunara oak—Yamazaki’s most elusive and technically demanding cask regime

The shape of this “bowl” of vineyards effectively concentrates the heat of the sun

Vinification follows the exact same steps seen for the Gringet single-plot cuvées: gentle pressing

2022 Bodegas Frontonio 'El Jardin de las Iguales' Macabeo, Vino de la Tierra de Valdejalon, Spain Mars ‘AP’ stands for affinement prolongé100% Macabeo sourced from Moras prize holding: Las Iguales, an amphitheater planted at the turn of the 20th century at 700 meters on slate and limestone macerated for 40 hours before whole cluster pressing and spontaneous fermentation in fudre Racked to clean foudres for 12 months of elevage, then again to 500L used barrels for additional aging before bottling 797 bottles produced Certified Organic Practicing Biodynamic (Demeter)