Wine Valenciso Reserva, Rioja DOC 2002
Tasting Notes
Valensiso Reserva wine is dark garnet color with brilliant shine.
Structured wine has a dense Valensiso Reserva generous taste with notes of fruit and spice. A long elegant finish.
Valensiso Reserva wine has a pleasant aroma with notes of cedar, plums, ripe blackberries, smoke and graphite.
Wine is well served with meat dishes, big game, aged cheeses.
Interesting Facts
Wine Valenciso Reserva - red, elegant, complex, aged in oak wine. In the farm of your dreams Louis Valentin and Carmen Enciso, founder, professed principles of perfectionism in all: only one class wine Reserva, only Tempranillo, only old vines with low yields and only new barriques from the best French coopers.
Negotsiantskaya company a new generation of high-level experts set up by Luis Valentin and Carmen Enciso named in honor of the founders whose names and made up name - Valenciso.
Used for this wine grapes with two separate vineyards Oyauri (Ollauri) and Rodezno (Rodezno) in the area of La Rioja Alta, located at an altitude of 500 meters above sea level with a southern exposure. The average age of the vines - 34 years. Stocking density - 4,500 vines per hectare. The wine is made from selected Tempranillo grapes from old vines with low yields. Hand picking grapes in mid-October. Fermentation in stainless steel containers for five days at a temperature of 29 ° C. Malolactic fermentation is completed by February. Wine bottled without filtering in September 2004.
Aged in new barriques from the US (1/4) and French (3/4) oak for 12-18 months, depending on the numerous wine tastings in the process of aging and the particular crop year. Further aging in bottle for at least 3 years.
Characteristics of the vintage: extremely long, cold, dry winter and frost in April, leading to a decrease in the number of grapes. Rainier than usual summer, but since the grape was not enough - in such circumstances, he could well mature. Officially, this year has been classified as "good".
