The best Spanish wine in history for under $20, according to Robert Parker, comes from Finca Villacreces, located in the heart of the Ribera del Duero, with its poor and contrasting soils, bathed by the Duero river.
It comes from 64 hectares of owns vineyards located in the state of Finca Villacreces + Pinos Claros.
Grape varieties:
95% Tempranillo and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Elaboration:
Alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks with double pissage.
Malolactic fermentation in stainless steel tank, oak fermentation vat and oak barrels.
Aging:
12 months. 100% french oak (Darnajou, Taransaud, Demptos y Berthomieu) second and third year.
Tasting notes:
Intense cherry red colour with a purplish rim. Intense aroma with complex and concentrated notes, reminiscent of reasted cocoa and coffee caramel. Balsamic notes against a background of red fruit (cherries and blueberries) with an elegant mineral reminisecence. In the mouth it is fleshhy, with excellent structure. A full-bodied wine with good volume on the palate, with perfectly integrated ripe tannings and a great amount of fruit and maturity. Excellent and complex persistence on the finish, marked by notes of dark choolate and balsamic hints of black liquorice. A wine with and amusing and fresh memory that invites you to drink.
In order to visit the Finca Villacreces website you must be of legal drinking age in your place of residence.