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.