Alegra Ribera del Duero Reserva Single Bottle

Country: Spain Region: Ribera del Duero Varietal: 95%  Tempranillo 5% Merlot

Vintage: 2019 Colour: Red Style: Dry

Producer: Bodegas Aleavini

Description:

Ribera del Duero is a complex land and harsh climate with unique conditions that produce, at high altitude, grapes of exceptional quality.

High altitude, about 980m als, ensuring a cool climate even in the fresh nights of summer. The soil is chalky, very stony surface and outcropping of mother rock. Hilly landscape and small valleys in which vineyards get different facings. This Project recuperates old vineyards, almost abandoned, creating a new way of life for the population of a small village in the remote area of Soria, in Ribera del Duero.

Grapes are harvested early in the morning to get a low temperature and so grapes are allowed to macerate for several hours before crushing and destemming. Fermentation occurs at controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks; once achieved, wine is racked and after several weeks, malolactic fermentation occurs. Finally, wine is gently stabilized by natural cold, and smoothly filtered before bottling.

Ageing
18 months in oak barrel, Hungarian and French from 2 and 3 years old.

Tasting Notes:
Intense cherry red color with fine iodized rims with a thin layer, it has an intense and balanced aroma with attractive notes of red and black fruits in compote and hints of toffee and coffee. On the palate it is lively, tasty with sweet notes of concentrated fruit, chocolate, licorice.

Food Matches: Venison / Game / Risottos / Lamb