2008 Gorys Crespiello

The other wine that we had with our Oscars, Mole and Wine event was a 2008 Gorys Crespiello. The back of this bottle of wine said that it was 100% Old Vine Vidadillo. I'm still not comprehending. So, I pulled out the trusty book Wine Grapes and found the entry for Vidadillo. The entry there is for Vidadillo de Almonacid and consists of a terse entry comprised of a mere 6 lines. What the entry says is that this is an almost extinct dark-berried variety from the region of Zaragosa in Aragón in northeastern Spain.¹
The label on the back of the bottle also informs us that the variety is almost extinct and that this wine is made from vineyards planted in 1900! The owner of the vineyard and wine maker is Jose Pascual Garcia Romero. It is aged for 24 months in seasoned French and American oak. It is dark, dark, dark, and full of fruit and spice. It was the youthful accompaniment to the 20-something 1991 Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva.
References:
J. Robinson, J. Harding and J. Vouillamoz, Wine Grapes - A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours, pg 85-87, Allen Lane 2012 ISBN 978-1-846-14446-2.
More information on Vidadillo or Crespiello:
Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity.