Type: Red Wine
Country: Spain
Code: CAST140
A richly robust, full bodied dry red, showing the jammy black fruits and spice of the noble Tempranillo. Captivating and complex, with notes of liquorice, kirsch and black fruit jam from the warm well sited vineyards and high element of hand picked fruit
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Bodega Hermanos del Villar

Bodega Hermanos del Villar is one of Spain’s most influential and forward thinking wine groups, with vineyards in both Ribero del Duero and Rueda. Founded in 1955 by Pablo del Villar Escudero in the then very rural Rueda region, Pablo grew mainly cereal on the land for many years, planting his first Verdejo vines in 1989 in 4 of his best vineyard sites. Sauvignon Blanc was added in 1990, and red Tempranillo in 1992. From the outset, the philosophy of Hermanos del Villar has been to match particular varieties and clones to specific soil types, with the sand and clay of Rueda ideally suited (as Pablo found) to Verdejo. This was recognized by his first award in 1994 for his Verdejo.

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Lively deep cherry colour, intense red and black fruits aromas combined with a soft touch of wood and caramel. Black ink and minerals. Voluminous with persistence, if you get my drift -if not then it is a BIG wine without being overly brooding. Fresh and well-integrated acidity. refined, well balanced and elegant. Yum!
Cheese, white meat, cold and game meat.
Night harvest at temperatures < 15ºC (same as for our white wines from Rueda). Maceration previous to fermentation to extract fruit aromas. Controlled fermentation at 26ºC with our own yeast and few pumping over followed by two days of maceration. Bleeding of the wine without pressing and consecutive malolactic fermentation. The wine is aged in French (45%) and American (55%) oak barrels for 5 months. Before bottling it was kept for another two months in deposit. Barrels used are new (33%) and the rest from second and third year used.
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