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Amaren Graciano

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

These hundred-year old rustic vines bear very few grapes that ripen late and are harvested late in the season. They are the winery?s oldestGraciano vines, the fruit from which reaches exceptional levels of intensity and complexity.This is the challenge facing Jon Cañas, who through this wine offers us a pure, intense expression of the grape, highlighting all the subtle- ties of the terroir.

04/06

Varieties

* 100% Graciano

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05/06

Aging

11 months in 400-litre casks.

06/06

Tasting notes

Colour

The wine has a purple colour, clean and bright, with a very-high intensity.

Nose

In the nose it presents a wide range of aromas that develop as the wine breathes in the glass.There are ripe fruit, pepper and violet sweets, as well as balsamic and aromatic herb notes (oregano,thyme, rosemary and bay). Spice notes, such as nutmeg, can

Mouth

On the palate there are ripe black fruits (plum and cranberry), balsamic eucalyptus and liquorice notes,with hints of soil that bring to mind the vineyard.The wine lingers on the palate with polished tannins. High acidity, as is typical of this grape va

Pairing

Red meat, lamb, matured cheese, Jamon ibérico, or classical Riojan dishes like Patatas a la riojana

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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