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Wine Description
The Story
D.O: Ribera del Duero
Location: Castrillo de Duero
Orientation: North
Variety: Tempranillo
Soils: Chalk-Clay
Production: 420.000 bottles
Malolactic Fermentation: 18 days in Steel Tanks
Oak Aging: 12 months in French Oak
Tasting notes: Colors of dark cherry with a high concentration. In the nose the wine shows the characteristics of the vintage well, with ripe red fruits, paired with subtle oak and balsamic notes. Powerf...
Wine Information
Temperatures were higher than usual in the months of April until mid July, which provoked a great development in the vegetative cycle. The occasional rains helped to over come the high temperatures of that time. Once the colors of the grapes changed, night temperatures dropped significantly while diurnal temperature variations averaged 25 Degrees Celsius. This enormously helped the maturation of the grapes and resulted in an extraordinary vin...