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Pesquera Reserva 2012

Bodegas Tinto Pesquera, Ribera de Duero, Spain

Bodegas Tinto Pesquera
Ribera de Duero Spain
  • 90
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23 90
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  • Country ranking ?

    229

  • Producer ranking ?

    14

  • Decanting time

    2h

  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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The Story

Pesquera Tinto Reserva is made from 100% Tempranillo grapes, aged in American oak barrels for 24 months and then a further 12 months in the bottle.

Pesquera wines are always made from the whole fruit, after destemming. Temperature controlled fermentation lasts two to three weeks. Afterwards, and without clarifying, the grape pulp is directly transferred to an astute and subtle combination of French and American oak barrels that have been su...

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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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Tinto Pesquera's Reserva contains notes of chocolate-covered cherries, red roes, toasted wood and anise. Rich and vibrant on the palate, with well-integrated tannins and a formidable finish.

2012 began with a cold and dry winter that gave way to an unusually arid spring. Enough rain fell in April, though, that the vines were released from the hydric stress sustained from the year before. May and June contained ideal temperatures for proper development of the vines, the prelude to a wonderfully hot and dry summer. August was slightly cooler than July, promoting an extended period of grape maturation and producing the perfect raw material at the time of harvest. While early-fall rains threatened the end of harvest in Ribera del Duero, the Pesquera team had already harvested all of their grapes by the time the rain began in the second week of October.

Close to 50% of fruit is dropped each year before harvest and all vineyard blocks are vinified separately in small stainless steel tanks in order to ensure optimum wine quality. Alcoholic fermentation takes place between 6-10 days at an average temperature of 20-25°C. Finished wine is aged for 24 months in fine grain, 225- and 300-liter neutral American oak barrels with a light-to-medium toast. Barrels are racked four times during the first twelve months and an additional 2-3 times during the second year of aging. With the Fernández family dedicated to natural winemaking, all wines produced by Alejandro Fernández are neither filtered nor fined before bottling. Upon completion of barrel aging, the Tinto Pesquera Reserva is then aged for a minimum of twelve months in bottle before it is released to the market

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Valladolid, Ribera de Duero
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