Perez Barquero, Fresquito, Vino de Tinaja, DO Montilla-Moriles, Spain, 2023

Producer Profile

Pérez Barquero was founded in 1905 by brothers José, Julián and Emilio Pérez Barquero in Montilla-Moriles – one of the oldest and most genuinely Spanish of the country’s regions but paradoxically also one of the least known.

But it was in 1985, when the Córdoba, Ruz and Garcia families look charge of this noble estate and its mythical soleras that the world finally began to take notice. The region’s landscape, the soft albariza hills of the Sierra de Montilla and Moriles Alto, is where the magic begins, after which the wine is elevated in the jars, criaderas and soleras that dwell in the bodega’s silent, cathedral-like cellars.

Viticulture

Produced from 100% Pedro Ximénez, from the Montilla-Moriles DO. It is a long standing method in Montilla-Moriles to let young Pedro Ximénez grape wines rest in traditional jars (concrete amphorae) or “tinajas” under their own “velo de flor” in order to acquire added character and complexity; and Fresquito is precisely this, nothing more and nothing less.

Winemaking

Selection of "yema" (free running) musts are fermented in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature with native yeasts, then aged in traditional "jars" (called conos or tinajas) for approximately 9 months.

Tasting Note

This is a very typical Pedro Ximénez from Montilla-Moriles, with an intriguing intensity of herbs and dried fruit on the nose, with incredible freshness, supply and almost silky mouthfeel, and length.

Food Matching

Serve with tapas and hors d'oeuvres, sausages, seafood, fried fish, hard cheeses and a wide variety of dishes. Serve cold.