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Gran Reserva This 100 percent Tempranillo is from estate vineyards in the Alta and Alavesa sub-regions of Rioja. The grapes for this wine are harvested the first week of October and fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. Maceration is for sixteen days and aged for twenty-six months in American (70 percent) and French (30 percent) oak barrels. This wine is cherry in color with a blue rim, bright and crystalline. It is elegant and complex with hints of woodwork, vanilla, cigar box, spices and with flavors of blackberry, and plums in liqueur. 2007 : 90 V Designations of Age for Rioja and Ribera del Duero Wines from Rioja and Ribera del Duero are often assigned one of the following four designations based on the time they’ve spent aging in oak and bottle. Note that aging designations in these two DOs are stricter than those for Spanish wine in general. Joven: No aging requirements. Joven wines are young, featuring fresh, primary fruit notes. Crianza: At least two years aging, with one year in oak for reds and six months for whites. Reserva: At least three years aging, with one in oak. Whites must spend at least two years aging with six months in oak. Gran Reserva: At least five years aging with two in oak. Whites must spend at least four years aging with one in oak.

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