Grapes: 100% Tinta del Pais (Tempranillo)
Vintage: 2009
Color: Red
Produced from 100% Tinta del Pais from two different vineyards with an average age of 60
years old. Production methods are very similar as for the Rios de Tinta with hand harvested
fruit sorted prior to destemming and light crushing. Cooled pre-fermentation maceration
helps to attain a deep color and intense fruit aromas. Native microbes are encouraged to
complete both alcoholic and malolactic fermentation. There were no additions of yeast or
malo bacteria. The wine was aged for 8 months in 225 liter barrels prior to assembling the final blend.
Packed tight with power and minty, earthy berry aromas that come with a dry dustiness. Feels ripe and proper, with a slight tannic grab and full but fresh flavors of wild berry, cassis, cocoa and oak. On the finish, chocolate and dry spice flavors take over, yielding a pleasant, complete whole. Drink now through 2015. Issue 2505, May 2012
Wine Spectator Online
87
Supple and generous, this red delivers exuberant flavors of cherry, cola and dried spices, with light, well-integrated tannins and just enough acidity for grip. Drink now through 2014 Issue - Web Only 2012
Wine & Spirits Magazine
91
Taking the freshness of the 2009 harvest to an extreme, this tempranillo seems built on a framework of heavy-duty tannins enmeshed with equally potent acidity. They combine in a refreshing red to decant for a steak. Issue 3103, June 2012
