Valsotillo
Gran Reserva
TECHNICAL DATA
Grape of variety: 100% Tinta del País (Tempranillo)
The grapes are picked up by hand and put in small baskets by selecting them from the same vineyards.
The vines follow the traditional system of pruning in glass.
Vineyards located at 850 metres over the sea level in Sotillo de la Ribera.
Alcohol content: 14,5% vol.
The alcoholic and malolactic fermentations are made in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature.
Aged: This wine has stayed during 30 months in American oak barrels in an underground cellar from the 16th century and at a constant temperature of 12ºC.
The wine is bottled and left to stand in the cellar at least two years before selling it.
ValSotillo Gran Reserva is elaborated only in those years when the harvest had an excellent quality.
TASTING NOTES
Deep red berry colour, with chocolate notes.
Powerful, elegant, very aromatic, excellent bouquet, toffee, mint, tobacco, oak aromas, cedar, liquorice, minerals and with hints of spices.
On the palate it is delicious, powerful, well balanced, with a very good body and full of sensations. It has got a very lingering aftertaste and it is very harmonious.
It is an impeccable wine.