La Bascula 'The Charge' Rioja
Country: Spain Region: Rioja
Varietal: Tempranillo 70% Garnacha 20% Graciano 10%
Vintage: 2021
Colour: Red Style: Dry
Producer: Bodegas La Bascula
Description:
La Báscula has two meanings in Spanish: – either it’s an old fashioned weighing scales or a large weighbridge for lorries. When deciding what to call their new Spanish wine range, Englishman Ed Adams MW and South African winemaker Bruce Jack chose the first definition on the basis that a weighbridge would not look so good on a wine label.
The Charge evokes the criss-crossing of Rioja by medieval knights and pilgrims on the Santiago de Compostela trail.
Working with the excellent Borja Ripa of Bodegas Manzanos in Azagra, Rioja Baja, we have crafted a wine with excellent red berry and spicy fruit with refreshing acidity balanced by fine vanilla flavours from oak maturation. The Charge red is made from grapes mainly from the bodega’s own vineyards - 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha and 10% Graciano, harvested mid September 2021. The wine was aged for an average 7 months in a mix of French and American oak barrels.
