Red Wine Selection
Prizes
- Year 2005 :
Silver
medal Iberwine Madrid 2007
Bronze
medal Challengue
Internacional du Vin 2007
Silver
medal Concurso
Mundial de Bruselas 2007- Bronze
medal Challengue
Internacional du Vin 2008
Silver
medal Concurso itinerante internacional de Vinos "Tempranillos
del Mundo" (diploma)
Area
- Location:
- Rioja Alavesa; Baños de Ebro, on the border between Rioja Alta
and the River Ebro.
- Size:
- 50 hectares of own property vineyards in the municipalities of Baños
de Ebro, Elciego and Laguardia.
Harvest.
Harvest
- Date:
- First fortnight in October; at the moment when the grapes have specific
maturity characteristics.
- Method:
- Corte manual de la uva.
- Control:
- In the vineyard, bunch by bunch.
Vineyards
- Varietals:
- Tempranillo 100%
- Age of Vineyard:
- 45 years.
Production
- Method:
- Destalking.
- Surveillance:
- Constant temperature monitoring and manual stirring.
Ageing
- Method:
- Maturing in barrels and later in the bottle.
- Barrel:
- French oak.
- Surveillance:
- Analysis, tastings, decanting (continuous monitoring).
- Time in barrel:
- 10 months.
Sensory Analysis
- Visual:
- Cherry red.
- Nose:
- Good fruity performance, slight hints of wood, complex, with slight
traces of minerals.
- Tasting:
- Round, buttery, tasty with a good fruity character on the tongue, and
with a very subtle woody background.
Recommended dishes
- Game and meat with complex sauces, etc.
Serving temperature
- Degrees:
- Uncork, leave for a few minutes and then serve at 17ºC.
Presentations
- Gift pack:
- Carton packs with one and with six bottles.