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Finca Villacreces

D.O. Ribera del Duero


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.
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Vineyard:

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.