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Rioja Montecillo
Marquis of Riscal
Valbuena Reserve 04
Elaboration
The alcoholic fermentation usually lasts about fifteen days and the maximum temperature can reach 32 degrees. The optimum maturity of the grapes selectively harvested and the alcoholic degree, which ranges between 13% and 14.5%, facilitates the extraction of color and tannins. Vega Sicilia Único ferments preferably in oak and Valbuena tanks, made of stainless steel.
Subsequently, the wine performs malolactic fermentation. In the case of the Valbuena, this second fermentation takes place in cement tanks. For the Only ones, the liquid is uncovered directly to conservation oak vats. There, the wines will carry out the malolactic fermentation in the same temperature conditions as the Valbuena. Once finished, the wine will remain in the vats one more year, quietly, resting and clarifying.
Gastronomy
Perfect with Roasts, Grilled Meat, Stewed Red Meats, Feather and Hair Hunting, Stews.
Service Temperature: between 14ºC and 18ºC
Recommended cup for your best tasting: Tempranillo Cup
CATA's notes
Cherry red color, aroma ripe red fruit, broad, tasty and aromatic.
It is a wine that comes from somewhat younger vines and, in its composition, is mostly tempranillo and more merlot than cabernet sauvignon. It has the color of garnet cherry with orange rim, the ethereal expression of its alcohol content and the accent of its excellent oxidative evolution, the result of a well-hardened oak, a characteristic feature of the firm's reds. Of his own personality highlights the memory of their varieties, with a nuance of ripe red fruit. In the mouth, it has a leaner structure than the Vega Sicilia Único but with the complexity of the vinous-fruity association.
Sommelier's Commentary
In an excellent vintage, the reserve of the 5th year of the house seems to consolidate the style of the last vintages, subtle, delicate, liqueur, enveloping and fluid. In this vintage all this is enhanced by an excellent acidity, which brings great freshness and length. A reserve of great travel and aromatic richness. The wine that takes the name of its town, in five years is a wise wine, that traditionally represented, without forgetting its roots, the most modern line of the house, something that seems to be changing. A wine that continues reaffirming that its line is a line with a life of its own, different from that of Vega Sicilia Único, an independent line, which reflects youth and classicism at the same time, in this vintage, a classic. Whoever wants to think that it is the second mark, is free of it, in this case, of being wrong.
Bodega Vega Sicilia
Manor of Lazan
Gran Coronas Torres
Description
Cabernet Sauvignon and Tempranillo are the two varieties that bring their nobility to the Gran Coronas, a deep red wine with ocher and atejado shades, typical of aging.
Origin
It emerged from the innovative concern of Miguel A. Torres, who planted the French variety of Cabernet Sauvignon in the Penedès, in the late 60s and early 70s when it was normal to plant white grapes and the country Thanks to this, Gran Coronas has become a benchmark for red reserve wines.
Gastronomy
Perfect with the appetizers (sausages, rice dishes and paellas), as well as the best meat and game recipes, without forgetting the cheeses.
Serve at 17-18ºC.
Tasting note
Aroma of elegant fullness, with the presence of diverse notes of great quality (aging oak, varietal character reminiscent of ripe plum, cranberry and coffee bean ...). Palate of extraordinary character and high concentration, persistent, with very well structured tannins.