Contino Graciano
Ficha de cata
Type of wine: Red
Style: Sin crianza
Production Zone: Rioja Alavesa
Vintage: 2007
Clasified: Excellent
Grape variety used:
Graciano: 100 %
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Elaboration
Hand harvesting in mid-September (start on the 15), at optimum maturity. The vines were picked over twice, each time only the perfectly ripe bunches were collected. Fermentation took place in 100 hl. wooden vats between 28º and 30oC for 8 days, followed by slow static decantation. Ageing took place in French and Hungarian oak, for thirteen months, including the malolactic in new French oak casks, racked every two months. One year of bottle ageing. This single varietal is only produced in exceptional years.
Tasting notes
Ruby red with violet tinges, intense and very dense in color. Exceptional and intense nose with red and black berries and some touches of cassis, autumn woodland, aniseed and tobacco.
