{"product_id":"el-chaparral-de-vega-garnacha-sindoa-2022","title":"El Chaparral de Vega Garnacha Sindoa 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Land\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eValdizarbe is the northernmost pocket of Navarra, a valley southwest of Pamplona that has grown wine since at least the 1400s, long before Rioja became Spain's default answer for red wine. El Chaparral comes from Nekeas's oldest Garnacha plots, forty separate parcels of goblet-trained vines planted between 1890 and 1960, some as old as 115 years. They sit around 400 meters on marl and sandstone soils rich in carbonates, in a continental-Mediterranean climate where hot days, cool nights, and Atlantic breezes push full ripening without burning off freshness. This is Garnacha built on altitude and old wood, not heat and yield.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e100% Garnacha from vines that never got pulled out when the rest of Navarra modernized. The wine leans toward cherry, white chocolate, and violet on the nose, with raspberry, pomegranate, licorice, and aniseed carrying through the palate. The Atlantic influence keeps the wine from tipping into the jammy, high-alcohol style Garnacha can fall into further south and inland; instead it holds real freshness and structure alongside its ripeness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe People\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBodegas Nekeas was founded in 1990 when eight local families, brought together by Francisco San Martin, decided to replant 160 hectares in Valdizarbe and revive a winemaking tradition that had nearly disappeared under 20th-century industrialization and depressed grape prices. Rather than pulling the valley's oldest Garnacha vines, as many neighboring growers had, the founding families kept them and built El Chaparral around them. Three decades on, the same families remain involved, and Nekeas has become one of Navarra's clearest arguments for what old-vine Garnacha can do outside of Priorat or Aragon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood Pairing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEl Chaparral's bright red fruit and moderate weight make it a strong match for grilled lamb chops with rosemary, a hearty lentil stew with chorizo, roasted red peppers stuffed with rice, or a plate of manchego and marcona almonds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maverick Wine Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495081611487,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0439\/7436\/1248\/files\/P6280559.jpg?v=1782942878","url":"https:\/\/denverwinemerchant.com\/products\/el-chaparral-de-vega-garnacha-sindoa-2022","provider":"Denver Wine Merchant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}