Description
Marqués de Riscal Reserva
Marqués de Riscal Reserva is a wine quite covered cherry color. Balsamic and spicy aroma of great complexity, with notes of ripe black fruit and lightly toasted. The palate has good structure, it is tasty, dense and round and elegant tannins. The finish is long and fresh with a slight memory of the wood reserves roble.Los Marqués de Riscal are made basically from grapes from vines of Tempranillo planted before age 70, located in the best chalky clay soils of Rioja Alavesa. This supports variety well aging in wood and bottle aging thanks to its good acid balance and its fine tannins. Graziano and Mazuelo varieties, whose percentage in the mixture does not exceed 10%, bring freshness and vividness of color.
The fermentation is conducted at a controlled temperature of 26 ° C with a maceration not exceeding 12 days. Riscal’s reserves remain about two years in American oak barrels, forming a wine that fits within the canons of the cool, fine, elegant and with great aging potential riojano classicism. Before heading out to the market has a minimum period in bottle a year.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.