Tasting Notes:
Red cherry color, with purple shines. Medium- intense, very bright and attractive. On the nose, very fruity aromas (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blackcurrants) together with lactic, cocoa, vanilla and brioche. In the mouth, it is fine and elegant, enhancing ripen blackberry, strawberry. Slight touches of spices and lactic aromas. Soft and round tannin.
GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Tinta del paÃs.
VINEYARDS: From their own- vineyards, Otero and San Isidro plots placed in Sotillo de la Ribera.
WINEMAKING: Fermented and macerated in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature 25ºC for 8-10 days.
AGEING: 3-6 months in American oak barrels.
To Serve: 14-16ºC, it is not necessary to decant prior to consumption.
The winery:
The Bodegas Santiago Arroyo, also from the Ribera del Duero. In the 1960s, a group of smaller winemakers came together in Sotillo de la Ribera (Burgos) to found the winery. Santiago Arroyo finally acquired it in 1994 and immediately began running the winery to the highest quality standards that we are proud of today. By modernizing the facilities and building a huge barrique wine cellar, the bodega can offer top-quality wines that have already been honored with numerous international awards. For example the following wine, in our opinion one of the great Spaniards, of which even the French should be jealous.