Tempranillo
2009
- will be released in spring 2012!
100% Tempranillo
Aged for 23 months in 75% new French oak
Bottle Date: August 2011/Release Date: Spring 2012
Honoring its heritage with a hefty serving of tannins, this Tempranillo is definitely a red wine drinker’s wine. Let it breathe before serving and you’ll be served with some delicious aromas of sweet earth, leather, pencil shavings, dried red cherries and vanilla. The palate shows tobacco leaves, red plum, roasted meat and newly pressed olive oil. Tannins are intense yet ripe and elegant and will soften and become more velvety in texture with bottle age. Estimated cellar age: 15+ years. 446 cases made. RR 95pts
2008
100% Tempranillo
Aged 22 months in barrel with 100% new French oak
Bottle Date: September, 2010 / Release Date: Spring, 2011
The 2008 Tempranillo is our second vintage of this exciting and very different variety; we produced a small quantity in 2007. We harvested in several different picks to select only the fruit with the softest and ripest tannins. The warm growing season of 2008 allowed our Tempranillo’s tannins to achieve high levels of ripeness and suppleness, creating a wine that’s enjoyable young but sure to age for several years. Aromas are both savory and sweet – smoked meat, tobacco, brown sugar spices, red plum and leather – echoed by a rich, broad palate whose flavors mirror its aromas. Firm with structure but yet surprisingly soft for a Tempranillo, this wine is sure to strike you as deliciously different! Drink now or with 5-10 years cellar age. 322 cases produced. WA 93pts; WS 91pts; RR 93pts; IWC 90pts
2007
100% Tempranillo
Aged 23 months in barrel with 100% new French oak
Bottle Date: September, 2010 / Release Date: January, 2011
As with many Rioja wines, our 2007 Tempranillo patiently aged in French oak barrels (23 months!) waiting for flavors and tannins to co-mingle perfectly. True to its variety, this wine plays on the senses differently than our other wines, yielding a new and exciting tasting experience. This wine presents smoky red cherry, red plum, leather and brown tea leaf flavors with a nutty, caramelized, refined and textured palate, indicative of its prolonged barrel age. Drink now or with 5-10 years cellar age. 87 cases produced. Not reviewed.
