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AMAREN GARNACHA

01/06

Vintage

It was a shorter vintage than usual in terms of quantity, but of a very high level of quality. Quantity wise, a 25-30% decrease in yield compared to a normal year's harvest. Great concentration of colour and grade that will allow keeping back wines with great longevity and with lots of fruit. Very favourable year for the cultivation of the vine, with two shocks at the beginning and end of the cycle. It was a vintage that accumulated an advance of about 10 days compared to a normal year. The low production, the favourable climate during most of the year, the morphology of grains and clusters and the good work of the winemakers resulted in very high quality wines.

02/06

Vintage of the wine

2019

03/06

Winemaking

Upon entering the bodega, bunches are carefully selected beforebeing de-stemmed so the individual berries can be sorted based ontheir weight. Grapes are pre-macerated at 8ºC for five days. Only themost perfect grapes are allowed to pass to wooden vats of Frenchoak for fermentation, which lasts seven days. The resulting wine isthen racked to new French oak barrels for malolactic fermentation,during which the lees are pumped over periodically. The wine is laterclarified with egg white to obtain a well-rounded wine with excellentoak integration.

04/06

Varieties

* 100% Garnacha

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05/06

Aging

10 Months in 400l barrels

06/06

Tasting notes

Colour

Ruby red, clean and bright, with a medium-high intensity

Nose

In the nose there are red fruit aromas on a lactic background with spice notes that suggest pepper.The saline tone evokes the limestone in the vineyard soil.

Mouth

On the palate the wine leads with a sweet silkiness which gradually gives way to a velvety tannicstructure and a well-rounded acidity that gives the wine its unmistakeable personality. Its weight andthe subtle bitterness that the wine leaves on the pala

Pairing

Red and white meats, game in sauce, rice and pasta, and cured cheeses.

Our
Awards

The Spanish Institute of Quality Wine is a private academic association that brings together the leading independent Spanish wineries.

95

points

2015

IWC – 2021 UK

Our
Awards

The Spanish Institute of Quality Wine is a private academic association that brings together the leading independent Spanish wineries.

95

points

2015

IWC – 2021 UK

D.O

D.O. Ca. Rioja (Alavesa)

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