
D.O.Ca.Rioja
Valdelacierva Reserva Ed. Limitada
2017

Guía Peñín
2020
Production:
Manually harvest in boxes. Once harvest, the grape variety is kept chilled for 24 h at 6ºC before going into an open-topped 500 l. vat. where they undergo a three day, pre-fermentation cold maceration. Once complete, alcoholic fermentation begins at a controlled temperature of between 23ºC and 26ºC, with manual punching down of the cap. The wine is then racked off into wooden vats for malolactic fermentation, followed by 36 months ageing in 225 litre French oak barrels and then spends 12 months in bottle before leaving the winery.
1375 Limited Edition bottles signed by the winemaker, Emma Villajos.
CHARACTERISTICS
Grape

Tempranillo, Maturana y Garnacha
Vintage

2017
Vineyard

Selected plots in Tudelilla and Samaniego
Type of soil

Sandy with pebbles (Tudelilla) and poor calcareous (Samaniego)
Yield (Kg/ha)

3.000
Harvest

Hand picked
Alcoholic content

14%
Altitude

550 meters
Vineyard age

Over 40 years old
Bottle type

Bordeaux conical 75CL
Temperature

14ºC-16ºC
TASTING SHEET

Colour
Medium but intense cherry red, with violet highlights

Nose
The wine has a very complex and intense nose, with lots of pronounced mature red fruit on a liquorice and slightly floral, violet background. A swirl of the glass releases more balsamic notes like thyme and other wild Mediterranean plants. The wood is well integrated in the wine with toasted notes of cocoa and cinnamon.

Palate
Long and velvety in the mouth with slightly astringent but agreeable tannins, nicely offset by the characteristic high acidity. Medium-bodied with a long finish.