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Wine Description
The Story
Alejandro Fernández is the living image of a self-made man. He had always dreamt of setting up his own winery and making great red wines while he was making a living doing different jobs as a young man. Following on from the family tradition learnt from his father, Alejandro would make wine each year from the grapes of his small vineyard. However, he had to wait until 1972 to have his own real winery. It had a small 16th century winepress wher...
Wine Information
Bodegas Alejandro Fernández has 200 hectares of top quality vineyards, where the grapes are grown to make its Tinto Pesquera red wine. These vineyards soak up the heat of the sun in a site surrounded by pebbles and poor soil.
In 1972, Alejandro Fernández decided to take advantage of the land and create a wine that would surely do it proud – and this was how Tinto Pesquera came into being.
The 1982 vintage was one of the best in living memory...
Vintage 1982
The 1982 vintage in Spain is revered as a historical benchmark, celebrated as the landmark campaign that put Ribera del Duero on the international wine map and delivered exceptional, classically proportioned wines across Rioja.
Following a dry spring and a long, warm summer, near-perfect harvest conditions across northern Spain allowed Tempranillo to achieve ideal phenolic maturity with balanced natural acidity and remarkable structural dep...