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Excellens Reserva

Excellens

2018

D.O.Ca Rioja

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Varieties

Tempranillo

Winemakers

Fernando Costa, Emilio González and Manuel Iribarnegaray

Graduation / Service

14% vol. / 17º C

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Well-rounded red

complex and evocative

A dark, brilliant ruby-red colour. Deep, intense nose. Refined oak, toasted, spicy notes, (clove). Lovely touches of preserved black fruits set on a beautifully intricate, balsamic, earthy background. Displaying an abundant variety of scents with a subtle, refined, and suggestive character.

Voluminous in the mouth, sustained by rich, well-rounded tannins, it expresses a freshness without harshness with a delicious blackberry finish and a variety of other sensations.

2018 Vintage

The 2018 vintage was developed in a wet year with abundant rainfall in winter and spring, creating optimal water reserves to ensure a favorable vegetative cycle in the face of a hot and dry summer.

Soils

Fundamentally clayey-limestone. Plots in Rioja Alta with ferrous subsoil and Rioja Alavesa with limestone origin.

Vineyards and Yields

Selection of old vineyards from Rioja Alta and Rioja Alavesa. Low yields, less than 5,000 kg/ha.

Harvest

Harvesting by hand, meticulously deciding the optimum harvesting time for each plot and each variety.

Vinification

Bunches destemmed with the utmost care. Alcoholic fermentation at a controlled temperature. Prolonged maceration with the skins in order to extract deep colour, elegant aromas and a smooth, enveloping tannic structure. Malo-lactic fermentation in oak barrels and stainless steel tanks. Once the malo-lactic fermentation is complete, this wine is transferred to fine-grained French oak barrels.