Los Rodales 2017
Beschrijving
Deze rode wijn, gemaakt van Rufete en Aragonés, komt van wijngaarden in het hoogste deel van Miranda del Castañar, in Salamanca, die in 1930 zijn aangeplant. Deze wijngaarden staan naast andere die in 2004 opnieuw zijn aangeplant. Het is een wijn met een gemiddelde intensiteit en goed geïntegreerd hout, ideaal om minder bekende druivensoorten te ontdekken die in de omgeving van de Sierra de Salamanca groeien
Technische specificaties
Proeverij
Wijngaard en wijnmaken
Meningen van critici
The vineyard that names the 2017 Los Rodales was originally planted in 1930—then recovered and partly replanted in 2004—in the village of Miranda del Castañar with an equal-parts mixture of Rufete and the old local strain of Tempranillo known as Aragonés. Both varieties were harvested and vinified together. It matured in a used 500-liter French oak barrel, where it also finished fermentation. 2017 saw an early harvest, as it was a very dry and warm year. This is quite dominated by the Tempranillo, with a slightly reductive profile, so decanting it in advance would be a good idea. None of the wines show any influence from the wood in the élevage, as the wines tend to have a low pH and the oak is better integrated, or the wines extract less from the barrels. It has some grainy tannins and a medium-bodied mouthfeel. This is still marked by the Tempranillo. Only 650 bottles were produced in this first vintage.