Bodegas Frontonio El Jardin de los Iguales Macabeo 2022

Bodegas Frontonio El Jardin de los Iguales Macabeo 2022

Bodegas Frontonio
$375.00

Grape: Macabeo
Vintage: 2022
Type: White

Sourced from a historic 1.8-hectare vineyard in Valdejalón planted in 1898, this single-parcel white comes from century-old vines rooted in steep slate and quartzite soils. Master of Wine Fernando Mora hand-harvests the fruit, which undergoes a long, slow fermentation with native yeasts in neutral wooden vessels. The wine ages in large, neutral foudres and subterranean concrete tanks to showcase the vineyard's stark altitude and ancient soil profile without the masking effect of new oak. Bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulfur, this is a profound, structured white macabeo defined by raw minerality and intense concentration.

A deep golden-yellow color in the glass gives way to complex aromas of yellow apple, dried lemon peel, white pepper, and wet slate. The palate is dry, dense, and tactile, unfolding layers of quince, raw almond, chamomile, and salty stone. Driving natural acidity cuts cleanly through the wine’s broad, textured mid-palate, providing exceptional vertical tension and drive. It concludes on a long, intensely saline finish marked by persistent notes of citrus pith, bitter herbs, and crushed rock.

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.

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