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Item Number: 6732
UPC: 0810411011034
Country: Spain
Region: Castilla y Leon
Appellation/AVA: Ribera del Duero DO
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Vintage: 2012
Grape(s): 100% Tempranillo
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 14
Viticulture: Practicing Organic
Soil Type: Sand, clay, limestone and gravel
Vineyard Information: For soils, out of the eleven parcels farmed to make Vizcarra Roble, there is predominantly sand, clay, limestone and gravel. The vines in the eleven parcels were planted in 1987. This is uncommon for a wine at this price point and a key factor for this wine's quality. Juan Carlos reduces yields by thinning grape clusters from 20 to 8 per vine, and by allowing other foliage to flourish around the vines to absorb the potentially excessive water and nutrients from the soil.
Winemaking Notes: After selecting the best bunches, then the best berries, the grapes are destemmed and crushed. Maceration lasts 12-15 days during and after fermentation. Fermentation is carried out in stainless steel tanks and malolactic fermentation takes place in barrels. The wine is aged for six - seven months in French and American oak barrels that are two years old. Relatively short ageing in used barrels allows the wine to oxygenate and become softer and rounder without the added wood tannins of new barrels. This method lets the wine retain its fresh, youthful fruit characters.
Pairing Suggestions: Pork and lamb, especially grilled or roasted, are ideal pairings for this wine, but beef, from steaks and roasts to more casual burgers, also works very well. If you like spices, this wine has the “stuffing” to stand up to Cajun or Midwestern BBQ and pulled pork, and it will go well with Greek gyros, Cuban ropa vieja and dishes with Mediterranean spices.
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