Rioja Alavesa, Spain

• • Deep cherry red with purple highlights. It brings us a very fruity nose (ripened black and red fruit)
  • with freshness and memories of balsamic notes, spices and some toasted signs, rounding its expression.
  • On the palate is juicy, firm, elegant and fresh, leaving us the fruity and pleasant sensation of a balanced body where notes of blackberry, cherry, red and black plums and a touch of liquorice appear.
  • Memories of nuts, woodwork and very light toasted signs.
• The grapes come from our vineyards located in Samaniego, at an average altitude of 580m above the sea level
• Poor calcareous/clay and stony soils, ochre coloured.
• The subsoil is made up of various layers of white rock.
• Wine-maker & vineyard management: Sáenz de Samaniego Family
• 90% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano, Mazuelo and Garnacha.
• Vineyards between 25 and 50 years old.
• Plantation density: 3.000 vines/hectare.
• Goblet and double cord pruning.
• • For this wine we use the whole grapes carbonic maceration and a part of destemmed grapes.
  • Malolactic fermentation in stainless steel vats.
  • 12 months cask ageing.
  • This wine does not undergo any stabilisation process. It has a soft filtering process just before the bottling.