Showing posts with label Rioja. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rioja. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Rioja wines (II): Marques de Cáceres Gran Reserva 2001
Marqués de Cáceres Gran Reserva 2001 wines are produced from vintages as 'excellent' or 'very good'. Depending on the vintage, these fine wines are aged in premium quality oak barrels from central France for 26-28 months, followed by as much as 4 years in bottle. Gran Reservas are, therefore, vinified in such away that their fruit and freshness acquire a unique complexity through ageing.
85% Tempranillo and 15% Graciano & Grenache
The weather conditions, in 2001 vintage, was mild and humid during the autum and winter season until the vines budded in the spring when temperatures were cool with no incidence of frost. Summer began with unusually high temperatures and was rather dry specially during the months of August and September. Some light rain during the last fortnight in September favoured the maturation of the grapes. The harvest took place between 8th and 27th October in very favourable weather conditions allowing us to pick very fine and healthy grapes as these reached perfect maturity.
Taste notes:
Intense, dark cherry-red colour. Complex bouquet that reveals a splendid balance of mature fruit and delicate touch of spice (vanilla, refined leather) from the french oak. Powerful in the mouth with sensations of fleshy, cristallised fruit that highlight a pleasant fullness in which the slightly toasted notes from the wood are perfectly integrated. A very elegant wine that promises to develop splendily in bottle.
An ideal wine to accompany game dishes in sauce or ragout, lamb or beef with spices (roast, stewed or grilled), and mature or blue cheese.
Serve between 16º-18º C.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Rioja wines (I): Torre de Oña 2007
Torre de Oña is the result of a thorough study carried out in recent
years of the 65 hectares of vineyards in our winery, located in one of
the best and most unique stretches of land in the Rioja Alavesa. As a
result we have dedicated our best plots and grapes to the careful
production of the Reserva, an up to date, innovative and authentic wine,
with a personality distinct from passing fads which, above all, seeks
the best from a privileged estate.
The vegetative cycle and maturation took place slowly, allowing us to
perform a slow and selective harvest collecting extremely high quality
grapes, thanks also to very moderate yields. Manual harvesting was
carried out, plot by plot, collecting grapes based on the maturity of
each vine, thereby ensuring that most of the grapes entered the winery
at their optimum point of maturity, with excellent health and a good
balance between acidity and polyphenols, ideal characteristics for must
with a strong aromatic expression.
Composition and origin: Tempranillo with a small percentage of
Mazuelo (5 %), from our vineyards located in Altos Vallecilla, Calvo and
Camino de la Iglesia plots, beside the winery.
Production and ageing: The grapes were collected in boxes and taken to the winery on
refrigerated platforms where they remained until they reached 4°C. They
were, then, destemmed, crushed and poured into stainless steel tanks
where they remained for about 3 days at under 12°C, to achieve cold
maceration and primary fermentation bolstering their characteristics.
Alcoholic fermentation occurred over 15 days at a set temperature of 27
°C. 51% of the coupage of this wine underwent malolactic fermentation in
new French and American oak barrels, with weekly battonage for the
duration of the process (46 days). The rest of the wine underwent
malolactic fermentation in stainless steel tanks for 34 days, with the
movement of lees every 15 days.
The wine underwent 21 months of ageing in barrels made of French oak
(68.8%), Caucasian oak (20.8%) with the rest made of American oak.
During this period it was decanted three times using the traditional
method from barrel to barrel, with the final coupage in February 2010.
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