"Brooding and engaging, the wine is filled with dark fruit richness together with notes of mixed spice, dark mushroom, cedar and dried herbs. The palate delivers excellent weight and depth, wonderfully complemented by silky texture and fleshy mouthfeel, finishing persistent and expansive. At its best: now to 2023"

Ruby red in colour, highly intense, clear and bright. Presence of tears. Clean and frank in the nose. With foreground tastes of ripe black grapes, noble ageing in French casks, aromas of black pepper, cloves and chocolates. Long and full-bodied in the mouth. Balanced acidity, ripe rounded tannins, with a complex aftertaste recalling the impact of fruit in the nose. A harmonious and elegant wine. A wine still evolving, ready to drink but with good potential for a long life.

The 2015 harvest was one of the earliest in recent decades. The meteorological conditions enabled the plants to develop perfectly during the vegetative cycle. A cold winter with steady rain provided our vineyards with sufficient water resources for the whole year. The spring was cool which favoured good flowering and good quality clusters to develop followed by a warm summer, especially July which was the hottest on record in La Rioja. September and October brought steady rainfall which helped complete the physiological and phenolic evelopment and the good health of the plants.

Following the strict selection of the vineyards and the manual picking the grapes are then carefully selected in the winery facility. After the prefermentation maceration process, fermentation took place in French oak vats at a carefully controlled temperature of 26º. Post-fermentation maceration lasted 7 days. Aged in carefully selected French oak barrels.

Food Pairing: Serve between 18º C and 20º C. Perfect with beef, smoked foods, soft cheeses and international cuisine such as Mexican and spicy Chinese food.