Alfredo Santamaría 2007 Crianza

Type: Red wine

Winery: Bodegas y viñedos Alfredo Santamaría

D.O.: Cigales

Country: Spain

Variety: Tempranillo

Features

After grapes are harvested by hand from 65 years old vineyards, a traditional maceration with their skins takes place during 15 to 20 days, depending on the polyphenols richness of the harvest. Alcoholic fermentation at a controlled temperature, always below 30ºC, followed by a malolactic fermentation at 28ºC. A racking and a fining process that make the wine limpid and stable. Finally, the wine is settled at 5ºC aprox. after which it is ready for aging. The aging period consists on at least 13 months in American oak barrel and 12 months in bottle, always in the best conditions of temperature and moisture. Bottling takes place without any aggressive process, for this reason it may contain sediments, being decanting recommended.

Alc./vol.: 13,5%

Serving temperature: 16 ºC

Tasting
View: Deep red layer of colour and purple edge. Thick tear. 

Nose: High aromatic intensity which contains hints of fruits, spices and wood.

Mouth: In the mouth is meaty and with firm tannins which leave a long lasting fruit flavour.

Fontal Roble 2010

Type: Red wine

Winery: Bodegas Fontana

D.O.: La Mancha

Country: Spain

Variety: Tempranillo

Features

Winery Fontana is the result of a family life dedicated to the making of quality wines and own harvest. Best vineyards of the region were carefully selected for years with an only aim: to achieve the best harvests for the wines.

For it is necessary a sandy loam soli, a rainy spring and cool summer. The mild summer temperatures allowed a long ripening period, producing fresh grapes with grapes aromatic potential.

6 months inside the oak cask.

Alc./vol.: 14%

Serving temperature: 12-14 ºC

Tasting
View: Clean, brilliant and deep red-violet colour.

Nose: Intense touches of red fruits with toasted and vanilla aromas.

Mouth: In mouth the taste is round, broad and powerful, with sweet and ripe tannins. Medium body.

Amant Roble 2010

Type: Red wine

Winery: Bodegas Toresanas

D.O.: Toro
Country: Spain
Variety: Tinta de Toro

Features

Selected vineyards and then the grapes. Pampered and painstaking wine-growing. Aging for 6 months inside casks of French and American oak.

Alc./vol.: 14,5 %

Serving temperature: 12-16 ºC

Tasting

View: Red cherry colour. Medium-high layer. Clean and great brightness.

Nose: Aromas of red fruits and spices, with licorice notes.

Mouth: Structured, balanced, meaty, fresh and with marked fruit notes.

Trascasas Reserva

Type: Red wine. Reserva

Winery: Bodegas y viñedos Alfredo Santamaría

Country: Spain

D.O.: Cigales

Variety: Tempranillo

Features

Trascasas is vinificated only when vintage is exceptionally good. After grapes are harvested by hand, a traditional maceration with their skins takes place during 20 days, depending on the polyphenols richness of the harvest. Alcoholic fermentation at a controlled temperature, always below 30ºC, followed by a malolactic fermentation at 22ºC. A racking and a fining process that make the wine limpid and stable. Finally, the wine is settled at 5ºC aprox. after which it is ready for aging. The aging period consists on at least 18 months in European oak barrel, most of them French, and 18 months in bottle, always in the best conditions of temperature and moisture. Bottling takes place without any aggressive process, for this reason it may contain sediments, being decanting recommended.

Alc./vol.: 14%

Serving temperature: 16 ºC

Tasting

View: Deep red layer of colour and purple edge. Bright and clean. Thick tear.

Nose: High aromatic intensity which contains hints of red fruits, tobacco, spices and wood.

Mouth: In the mouth is meaty and with firm tannins which leave a long lasting fruit flavour. Well-structured.

Viña Extrísima 2010

Type: Red wine

Winery: Masía Bach
D.O.: Catalunya
Country: Spain
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Tempranillo

Features

Masía Bach was founded at the beginning of the last century by the brothers and textile manufacturers Pere and Ramón Bach. They wanted to combine the best cotton making tradition with winemaking, and gave the name of their prime cotton "Extrísimo" to the premium vineyards that produce Masía Bach wines.

Alc./vol.: 13,5%

Serving temperature: 14-18 ºC

Tasting
View: Deep red cherry colour with ruby hints.

Nose: A fruity aroma reminiscent of plum and red fruits. Underlying woody notes of oak and tobacco. Dominant varietal notes of Cabernet Sauvignon.

Mouth: Good balance. Supple on the palate with slight astringency. What stands out is the personality of Cabernet.

Sierra Cantabria Reserva 2006

Type: Red wine

Winery: Sierra Cantabria
D.O.: Rioja
Country: Spain
Variety: Tempranillo

Features

Own estates in San Vicente de la Sonsierra. Handmade harvest with a bunch selection in optimum conditions of ripening and health. Traditional, 100% destemmed. Temperature-controlled fermentation between 28 and 30º C with selected yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Extended post-fermentative maceration on the skins for 14 days, with two pump-overs daily in the beginning with a light pump-over daily at the end. During the ripening, overpumpings' frecuency is decreased according to the process advances, in order to prevent the removal of vegetables and bitter characters. It remains inside casks of French (50%) and American (50%) oak, 225 l. capacity, for 18 months. Racked every 4 months. Bottle: Without filter bottled in January 2009.

Alc./vol.: 14%

Service temperature: 16-18 ºC

Tasting
View: Bright red-ruby tile and good layer.

Nose: Intense, complex and warm, with elegant aging bouquet and ample range of sensations well joined perceiving fresh and ripe fruits notes combined with spicy, vanilla and toasted touches.

Mouth: Velvety, complex and full, developing powerfully well ripe red fruits notes. Good structure and tanin balance providing with a powerful and elegant structure. In post-taste notes of high roast, vanilla and slighty balsamic touches are appreciated powerfully standing out red fruits sensations. Large and persistent ending.