Bodegas Frontonio La Loma y Los Santos White 2022
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Bodegas Frontonio La Loma y Los Santos White 2022

Bodegas Frontonio
$80.00

Grape: Macabeo, Garnacha Blanca
Vintage: 2022
Type: White

This white wine is an artisanal blend of sixty percent macabeo and forty percent garnacha blanca from high-altitude plots in Valdejalón. The macabeo grows on clay-limestone soils at five-hundred meters, while the garnacha blanca comes from slate terraces at six-hundred meters. Winemaker Fernando Mora coordinates a thirty-two hour skin maceration without sulfur before a spontaneous fermentation occurs in concrete vats. It then matures for twelve months on its fine fermentation lees in large, neutral toneles.

It displays a bright straw-yellow color, releasing clear aromatics of white peach, citrus peel, and fresh wildflowers. A medium-bodied, texturally driven frame balances sweet orchard fruit flavors with a savory crack of white pepper. A sharp wave of mountain acidity slices directly through the waxy mid-palate volume, maintaining excellent structural tension. The diverse soil profiles impart a distinct saline underline that frames the clean mouthfeel. It finishes dry and persistent, leaving a mouthwatering mineral impression.

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.