2016 Bodega Vinificate Amorro Tinto

Region: Cádiz < Andalusia < Spain Grapes: Tempranillo, Tintilla, Palomino Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Biodynamic farming; 20-30 year old vines on albariza soils (typical for the area, a combo of marl rock created by ancient sea sediments + clayey-loam), whole cluster, partial carbonic maceration; fermented and aged for 16 months in fiber tank, with Tintilla + Palomino co-fermented together; bottled unfined/unfiltered with zero added SO2; 12% ABV Winemaker: José and Miguel Gómez Lucas Andalucía is a very hot and dry region famous for Sherry (the fortified stuff that your great-auntie used to drink, and now is having a bit of a renaissance).  The vineyards of Cádiz, with their stark white, chalky albariza soil, look like a moonscape.  But brothers and local boys José and Miguel Gómez Lucas, both chemists and oenologists, believed that Cádiz had the potential to produce great unfortified wines – and more specifically, red wines, that were true to their land (red wines that were true to