Type: Red Wine
Country: Spain
Code: OTER001
Ahhhh, how much did I love this wine?? This was a real gem of a find - ripe, rounded, elegant and with mature notes of oak, softening tannins and complex aged notes.
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Bodegas Otero

The story began in 1906 when Juan Otero opened a hidden underground winery and little shop in Benavente. His son Manuel joined his enterprise in the 1950’s and began emptying the underground winery and expanding their operation to new areas within the region of Castilla y Léon. 1953 came their first successful Vintage and Bodegas Otero was born and remains a similar model today. Now onto their third generation, Julio Otero joined in 1984 after studying Wine and Economics. He focused on reaching the quality of production internally with their now expanded territory. The work, philosophy and adjustment of winemaking over these 3 generations has been expansive over their 100-year hstory.

Mmmm, this offers gorgeously mature red fruit notes similar to a great Rioja Reserva, but with Castilla, this comes with a degree more richness, persistence of spice and sweet notes from the American and French oak. Long in the mouth, rounded, elegant and utterly worth every penny. This reaffirmed our belief in this oft forgotten region of Spain - we kissed a lot of frogs, but this was a real Princesss...or Prince, depending on your persuasion.
Excellent wine to accompany cured cheese, stew meat, grilled meat and pizza & pasta
Manual harvest in plastic boxes of 20 kilos. The destemmed and slightly crushed grapes were kept for 12 days in maceration in stainless steel tanks, with two pump-overs per day and a temperature of 25ºC. After uncubating, it underwent malolactic fermentation in tanks of our underground cellar and subsequently it has been aged for 24 months in American and French oak barrels.

Decanter, Spanish Indigenous Reds, 2022, Highly Recommended: "Woody oaky notes on the nose, with orange peel and pimenton. A supple, mature style reflecting its eight years of age. Good acidity, well-managed tannins and a lovely savoury finish."

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