Viña Muriel - D.O. Rioja - Wine from Elciego - Reserva

DESCRIPTION:

A reserve wine reserved for the most exquisite palates. Intense and complex, with fine aromas from oak aging.

TASTING NOTES:

Color: characteristic ruby red with tile edges.
Nose: intense and complex, with fine aromas from oak aging (spices, coffee, vanilla, coconut) combined with a bouquet of ripe fruit.
Palate: Balanced and elegant, maintains good freshness.
Alcohol: 14% Vol.

SERVICE TEMPERATURE:

16-18ºC

RECOMMENDED WITH:

Tapas and cold cuts, Iberian ham and Iberian sausages.
All types of meats, especially grilled beef and roasted suckling pig.
It is ideal with one of the most typical Riojan specialties: grilled lamb chops with vine shoot embers.
Stews of meat and blue fish.
In general, saucy recipes with intense aromas.
Cured cheeses and cold cuts.

ELABORATION:

Harvest: Manual with field grape selection.
Fermentation: 15 days in stainless steel tanks.
Routines: daily pumping over.
Aging: 24 months in French and American oak barrels, racking every 6 months. Once bottled, it remains a minimum of 12 months in the cellar.

WINERIES AND VINEYARDS

Location: El Gallo + selection of plots from Elciego suppliers (Rioja Alavesa).
Climate: Mediterranean oceanic, with continental and Atlantic influence.
After a difficult 2017 defined by the late April frost, 2018 stands out for a great production and a notable overall quality of the grape.
Soils: Calcareous soils with clay and sandstone incursions, with a clay loam texture and very poor in organic matter.

Variety: 100% Tempranillo