Secreted away along a bend in the Vero River, Barbastro is a surprisingly large town of nearly 17,000 people in north-eastern Aragón. It’s historic as well, having been founded during Roman times when it was called, “Barbastrum”. But most importantly, it forms a core to the region from where DO Somontano has their offices and where I found myself last October tasting wines for the DO Somontano 2021 Report that has just been released today as well as a more consumer-focused regional profile for the March issue of Decanter. Somontano […]

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