Selected harvest

Awards

Vintage 2006 :

Gold medal Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2010

Guía Peñín 2010: 90 puntos

Viticulture

Vineyard:

Valserrano and La Virgen.
Baños de Ebro – Rioja Alavesa.

Altitude:

450 metres.

Orientation:

East-West.

Soil conditions:

Calcareous clay, not very deep and poor in organic matter.

Varietal:

Tempranillo.

Training system:

Vase.

Yield:

4,500 Kg/Ha.

 

Winemaking process

 

Prefermentative cold maceration at 8 ºC for 5 days, followed by alcoholic fermentation and maceration in stainless steel tank for 10 days, with daily manual cap immersions, and malolactic fermentation in new, fine-grain, half light toast, half medium toast French oak barrels, with weekly lees stirring. After ageing on its lees for 12 months in new French oak barrels, the wine was clarified with egg white and manually bottled, without filtration, in February 2007.

Characteristics

Colour:

Deep cherry red, almost opaque.

Aromas:

Complex and intense nose, fresh fruit, minerals, spices and creamy toasty notes from the oak barrel.

Palate:

Powerful, full-bodied, oily and silky. Excellent tannin and maturity.

Ageing potential:

15 years.

Serving temperature:

17ºC

Gastronomic recommendations:

Game dishes, meats with complex sauces, etc.

Output

 

1,200 Burgundy shaped bottles of 750Ml in 3-bottle cases.