Gil Pejenaute Las Paradas 2019

If we’re talking about revival in the Spanish wine industry, we have to look to Aragon, which for years has been looking to the future without ever losing sight of tradition and history. All of this takes on a special meaning in the D.O. Campo de Borja, in the northwest of the area, where most growers are cultivating old vineyards aged over 30 years old. The winegrowers there know that they have real treasures in their hands, vines over 40 years old, oenological wonders where they strive to bring out the full potential of this land. One of these growers is the couple Javier Gil and his wife Cristina, who have fully embarked on Gil Pejenaute Las Paradas, a new project with which this winemaker seeks to elaborate his dream wine from old recovered vineyards. His Gil Pejenaute Las Paradas is a single-variety wine made from Grenache grapes grown in old vineyards in Tabuenca. ​After 25 years working in La Rioja Javier Gil looks back at this small corner of the province of Zaragoza where