"90% Tempranillo from vines > 60 yrs old planted in Briñas, Labastida & Villalba, and 10% Graciano from our Montecillo Vyd in the municipality of Fuenmayor. The grapes were collected in boxes & transported to the winery in refrigerated vehicles to preserve all their integrity. After gentle destemming & crushing, the musts were put in s/s tanks where they underwent alcoholic fermentation @ a controlled temp for 18 days. Batches were selected & allowed to complete malolactic fermentation naturally over 94 days. In March 2011, the wine was transferred to 4-yr-old AM oak barrels (made in-house), where it stayed until March 2015. During aging, the wine was racked every 6 mos using traditional barrel-to-barrel methods. The final blend was bottled in July 2015." 12,500 cases made.
"We consider this vintage one of the best of the century. This vintage was officially rated Excellent as well."

98 pts Suckling & #65/Top 100 for ’19,
97 Tim Atkin,
96+ WA (Luís Gutiérrez, 6/’19),
94+ John Gilman,
94 Decanter (Evans, 2/29/20),
93 & Silver @ Decanter ’19 World Wine Awards,
91 WS (Matthews, 8/31/19), +
addt’l scores & medals on wine-searcher's Tasting Notes pg!

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