Bodegas Frontonio Microcosmico Garnacha 2024
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Bodegas Frontonio Microcosmico Garnacha 2024

Bodegas Frontonio
$20.00

Grape: Garnacha
Vintage: 2024
Type: Red

Sourced from high-altitude, dry-farmed bush vines in Valdejalón, this red wine represents a low-intervention approach to Aragon garnacha. The old plots are heavily influenced by the cool Cierzo wind, which slows down ripening and helps retain high natural acidity. Winemaker Fernando Mora utilizes spontaneous fermentation with native vineyard yeasts in underground concrete tanks, avoiding modern extraction techniques. It undergoes a natural aging process in neutral vessels to preserve site- transparency and varietal character over forced cellar styling.

It radiates a ruby-purple color, opening with expressive aromas of wild strawberries, red plums, and Mediterranean scrubland. On the palate, the light-to-medium body is exceptionally juicy and direct, focusing on a vibrant fruit presentation. Taut, fine-grained tannins provide a structural frame that coordinates nicely with a clean line of mineral acidity. Layered notes of white pepper and damp earth add a savory depth across the fluid mouthfeel.

Winery

Bodegas Frontonio is the Aragón project of Fernando Mora MW and Mario López, based around Alpartir and its surrounding mountain vineyards. Garnacha and Macabeo are central to a range built around old bush vines and the differences between individual sites. The vineyards lie at elevations ranging from roughly 460 to more than 1,000 meters, with a mixture of soils that includes limestone-rich clay and slate. Farming follows organic and biodynamic principles, with vineyard tasks and harvesting carried out by hand.

In the cellar, fermentation vessels include concrete, clay jars and wood, selected according to the wine rather than a single house recipe. Historic seventeenth-century caves provide a setting for slow aging, and gravity helps move the wines gently. The range moves from village expressions such as the Microcósmico bottlings toward more specific vineyards and historic parcels. That progression makes Frontonio a useful introduction to Aragón’s mountain wine culture, showing the freshness and detail that can come from Garnacha and Macabeo when the vineyard remains the focus.