This wine is sourced from 60-80 year vines in La Horra and Quemada, villages in the Burgos District of Ribera del Duero. Produced by Bodegas Neo, with Isaac Fernandez, managing the vineyards and making the wines. This wine spent 8 months in a combination of 70% French and 30% American oak after fermentation in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks.
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The Wine Advocate
87
The 2008 El Arte de Vivre is 100% Tempranillo aged for 8 months in French and American oak. Purple in color, it exhibits a perfume of cedar, leather, spice box, and black fruits. A bit more structured and complex than its sibling, it can be enjoyed over the next 4 years. It is a good value. Issue 188, April 2010
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
88
Deep ruby-red. Smoky aromas of black and blue fruits and dried rose. Tightly wound blackberry and cassis flavors slowly gain sweetness and flesh with air, and are brightened by a subtle spicy note that hangs on nicely on the finish. This could use some time to unwind. 88 (+?) points Issue 145, July/Aug '09
Wine & Spirits Magazine
88
Oak provides notes of sweet spices that blend gracefully with this wine's strawberry flavors. It's simple and direct. For barbecue. Issue 2903, June 2010
International Wine Review
88+
This 100% Tempranillo is sourced from 60-80 year old vines. It offers aromatic red and black berry fruit on the nose and a soft lush attack. Tank fermented and aged for six months in French and American oak, it reveals pure and nicely concentrated spicy black fruit, round tannins and a long finish. Issue 23, June 2010
