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'Seleccion Especial' Tempranillo Bodegas di Medievo 2008
'Seleccion Especial' Tempranillo Bodegas di Medievo 2008
Bottle Price: £7.95
Case Price: £90.6
- Country: Spain
- Region: La Rioja
- Grape Variety: Tempranillo
- Alcohol: 13%
- Bottle Size: 75cl
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You can mix any 12 bottles of wine(or more) to get the ‘case price’ for each bottle.
Striking cherry-red in colour, and aged for 6 months in American oak, this wine has aromas of fine red fruits, a wonderful velvety texture and depth of ripe cherry and blackberries with spicy, savoury, cedary notes
Have with: Charcuterie, Lamb dishes, hard cheese and / or pulse dishes
Medievo - Rioja, Spain
Medievo produce a modern style of Rioja that is fruit-laden with depth and concentration of flavour, focusing on the indigenous grape varieties, yet using all the benefits of modern facilities and techniques.
Established in 2001 and situated about 50km from Logrono, there is about 220 hectares of vineyard under cultivation, including Tempranillo, Grenacha, Mazuelo and Graciano grape varieties. Their vineyards extend across the highest areas of Aldeanueva on the fringes of Mount Yerga, approximately 600 meters above sea level. This was our first venture into Spain and the result is wines that are flavour-packed with up-front fruit, depth and substance - very pleasing, elegant wines.
Rioja is the leading wine region of Spain, producing pre-dominantly red wines. Named after the rio (river) Oja, most of the region lies in the province of La Rioja in the North East of Spain.
Rioja red wines are made from a blend of grape varieties, Tempranillo forms the basis of the region’s best wines, with Garnacha adding body – two further red varieties, Graciano and Carinena are also used to add perfume notes and interest.
Rioja red wines are classified into four categories. The first, simply labeled "Rioja," is the youngest, spending less than a year in an oak aging barrel. A "crianza" is wine aged for at least two years, at least one of which was in oak. "Rioja Reserva" is aged for at least three years, of which at least one year is in oak. Finally, "Rioja Gran Reserva" wines have been aged at least two years in oak and three years in bottle. Reserva and Gran Reserva wines are not necessarily produced every year. Also produced are wines in a semi-crianza style, those that have had a couple of months oak influence but not enough to be called a full crianza
