Tasting notes: Blackberries, cocoa, coffee, structured, intense, long.
Available:
QC (SAQ 11807547 - $ 37.00)ON (LCBO 236422 - $ 49.00)
AB (Kensington WM - $ 54.99)
Winery: Villacreces
Region:
D.O. Ribera del Duero
Varieties:
86% Tinto Fino, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Merlot
Ageing:
16 months in French oak barrels
Alcohol
level: 14% alc./vol.
Nice
example of what a Ribera del Duero wine is. Finca Villacreces is made using the
Tinto Fino grapes grown in the own vineyars of Villacreces winery in the
municipality of Quintanilla de Onésimo, at Valladolid province. As a reminder,
note that Tinto Fino is the traditional name for Tempranillo at the Ribera del
Duero territory. After doing the malolactic fermentation in French oak barrels,
it remains there for 16 months until it results in a full-bodied and well
balanced wine. It is a very intense and long wine, which can be cellared
perfectly 15 years more, although it is ready to be enjoyed right now.
Vintage tasted: 2006 (August 2012)
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