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Using both Tempranillo (95%) and Graciano (5%) grapes, a handpicked wine from low yielding ( small parcel of 6 hectares ) , 35-year-old bush vines at 500m above sea level located in Malpica (Rioja Alavesa) protected by the Sierra de Cantabría mountains. Aged in French wood for 18 months and a further two in bottles before being released. Clean, bright with a deep, intense cherry red colour that becomes slightly lighter towards the rim. On the nose, the wine is intense and complex with warm, ripe forest fruits aromas, spicy notes and hints of wood in the background. The palate is elegant, full of flavor and structured with well-integrated and polished tannins, providing a balanced mouth-feel. Finally, the finish is complex, rich and long-lasting. Any kind of meat. It matches with grilled or fried potatoes, mushrooms or ham. Sometasty or oily fish such as tuna, cod. Medium-aged cheese and berry dessert. Rice and all kinds of pasta.
