El Vinculo La Mancha Crianza 2020 MARQUE “Largillier”

“Largillier”

honoring tradition while embracing the freshness of an exceptional vintage

but already shows the power and refinement that justify its hallowed status

and a hint of strawberry—accompanied by subtle floral notes of violet and rose

El Vinculo La Mancha Crianza 2020 MARQUE “Largillier”Don Quixote charged the windmills of Campo de Criptana, and Alejandro Fernandez planted Tempranillo in their shadow. La Mancha's reputation was built on cheap bulk wine; Fernandez, the man who made Ribera del Duero famous with Pesquera, came here to argue otherwise. El Vinculo is unapologetically old school Spanish red: 18 months in American and French oak, ripe and earthy, roasted and generous. It's not subtle and it isn't pretending to be, which is