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  • Country ranking ?

    129
  • Producer ranking ?

    14
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    Now-2030
  • Food Pairing

    Grilled venison, roasted beef & salty cheeses

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The Story

In 1995 we discovered that some vines produced grapes whose flavor was very different to the one of the vines around them. They produced a sensation of fullness, of volume, with notes that were more alike to a wine than to a grape. Two years later, we made our first CIRSION, which we didn’t commercialized, and we tested that with a short aging, the wine reached a level of incredible silkiness and a fruit complexity out of the ordinary. Each vi...

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Wine Information

Grape varieties 90% Tempranillo and 10% Graciano

Vineyard: Selected bunches from different plots. Applied methods from own research and development on polymerisation of tannins and anthocyanins.

Fermentation: In French oak vats, with controlled temperature. Malolactic fermentation in French oak barrels.

Ageing: During 8 months in 100% brand new French oak barrels.

Stabilization: Completely natural methods, clarification with egg wh...

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Vintage 2012

SPAIN 2012 VINTAGE REPORT

The Control Board has given the 2012 Rioja vintage the official rating of ‘VERY GOOD’. The global rating reflects the heterogeneous nature of the vintage. The drought affected both grape volume and grape quality in some vineyards but also resulted in a significant quantity of wine of extremely high quality, in line with the wines of the two previous vintages, both rated ‘excellent’.

In general, Rioja’s vineyards...

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Average Bottle Price

2021
165€

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Origin

Rioja Alta, Rioja

Grapes

90% Tempranillo
10% Graciano

Drinking temperature

17-18C

Inside Information

Press:

94p VINOUS / Antonio Galloni 

 

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