Sexto Elemento Tinto 2022

Sexto Elemento is a tiny production estate with a key focus on one of Spain’s underrated grape varietals – Bobal. Rafa Lopez took over the family farm in 2000. Instead of selling their fruit to the cooperatives like generations before him, Rafa decided to produce a powerful & elegant style of Bobal, as compared to the mediocre quality of the cooperatives

Scarce rainfall, hot summers, and bitter cold winters help to create a perfect situation for the thick-skinned Bobal variety, and at Rafa’s mere 6-hectare estate, he only yields 1-1.5 kg per vine on average. An annual production of just 10,000 bottles makes these exclusive wines of Sexto Elemento a cult-style production, with the power and elegance to be one of the most coveted in all of Spain.

Grape Varietals & Region: 100% Bobal from old vines planted in the clay soils typical of the Utiel-Requena area in Valencia, Spain

Taste Profile:Deep red color, with intense aromas of ripe black fruit, and hints of licorice, chocolate & toffee. The wine is fruity, with a balanced acidity and sweet, fleshy tannins.

Winemaking Process:The wine ferments spontaneously with natural yeast, and undergoes alcoholic & malolactic fermentation in French oak barrels for 12 months, undergoing frequent battonage