Tinto Pesquera Crianza
| Vintage: | 2015 |
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| Description: | Tasting Notes\r\nBurgundy in color with a soft fuchsia rim, Tinto Pesquera's Crianza is elegant and soft, with aromas of red fruit, candied apples, vanilla and nutmeg. Silky on the mid-palate with well-rounded tannins and a velvety finish.\r\n\r\nVINTAGE NOTES\r\n\r\n2015 was considered to be a warmer-than-normal vintage in the center of Spain. A rather mild start to winter gave way to noticeably lower temperatures by the end of the season and, interestingly, spring saw above-average temperatures between the months of April and June. The vintage was also characterized by scarce rainfall. Thankfully, the little rain that fell did so during the specific times when the cycle of the vine was most in need of water. A hot and dry summer had a positive effect on v\u00e9raison and cluster maturation, which, in turn, gave rise to grapes of exceptional quality.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWINEMAKING NOTES\r\n\r\n\r\nAll vineyard blocks are vinified separately in small stainless steel tanks in order to ensure optimum wine quality. Alcoholic fermentation takes place between 6-10 days at an average temperature of 20-25\u00b0C and the finished wine is aged for 18 months in fine grain, 225-and 300-liter neutral American oak barrels with a light-to-medium toast. Barrels are racked four times during the first twelve months of aging and an additional 2-3 times before bottling. With the Fern\u00e1ndez family dedicated to natural winemaking, all wines produced by Alejandro Fern\u00e1ndez are neither filtered nor fined before bottling. Upon completion of barrel aging, the Tinto Pesquera Crianza is then aged for a minimum of six months in bottle before it is released to the market.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAbout Tinto Pesquera\r\nThe Fern\u00e1ndez Rivera family has always lived surrounded by vineyards and each member has a deep respect, love and pride for the wine from their native soil, Ribera del Duero. From the moment a young and determined Alejandro Fern\u00e1ndez and Esperanza Rivera bought a small winery, the family has been linked to a lifelong passion passed through the generations.\u00a0Propelled by the conviction that wines of superb quality could once again be made in their hometown, they went against the movement of the time, when cereal and beetroot dominated the landscape, and planted Tempranillo vineyards in Pesquera de Duero.\u00a0In 1972, in a modest 16th century stone\u00a0llagar,\u00a0or ancient wine press, the family began to produce the first Tinto Pesquera wines.\r\nTinto Pesquera\u2019s 200 hectares of vineyards sit near the Duero River, in the province of Valladolid, at close to 2,400 feet in elevation. The vines grow in poor, well-drained soils, composed of sand and gravel over a limestone and clay subsoil. This ideal combination produces the legendary silky and sumptuous Tempranillo wines of Tinto Pesquera iconic to the\u00a0D.O. Ribera del Duero., the designation that Alejandro helped to create in 1982 with another few fellow pioneers.\r\nAt Tinto Pesquera, the Fern\u00e1ndez Rivera family is focused exclusively on creating aged Tempranillo wines of exceptional quality from their estate-owned vineyards.\u00a0With extended barrel aging in neutral oak, forever respectful to the fruit, over time Tinto Pesquera\u2019s wines become more complex and nuanced without losing their original character. Years of experience working solely with Tempranillo and a firm commitment to time, waiting to release wines only when they are deemed ready to be enjoyed, have made Tinto Pesquera synonymous with fine wine from Ribera del Duero. |
| Price: | $ 29.99 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from BASSER’S Fine Wine
| Address: |
6240 Coral Ridge Drive Coral Springs, FL 33076 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 954-840-3122 |
First added to 1000 Corks on September 8, 2020.
