A stunning little Rioja produced from 40 year old vines grown on the slopes of the Sierra Yergas in Rioja Baja. This beauty is predominantly Tempranillo blended with a hint of Garnacha adding lovely glossy fruit and aromatics.
In tradition Rioja style this wine spends 12 months mariniating in 60% American and 40% French oak barrels adding gorgeous warm spice, vanilla and coconut notes, followed by another year in bottle before it is released. That's a whole lot of wine for a great price.....oh, how we love Rioja.
Expect, intense black fruit and warm spice, good depth of flavour with lovely balancing freshness and super smooth, supple tannins.
The Details:
Grape: Tempranillo, Garnacha
Country: Spain
Region: Rioja
Abv: 14%
Style: Bold, plum and berry fruit, oak spice, smooth and soft
The Producer:
Bodegas Ontañón is a 5th generation family-owned and run winery in Rioja Baja (now Rioja Oriental). Here Raquel, Rubén and Maria Pérez Cuevas continue their father Gabriel's work to develop Bodegas Ontañón into one of the most highly-regarded wineries in Rioja.
Ontañón has vast swathes of vineyard in this part of Rioja. Whilst wine production in the region is typically very dependent on contracts with grape growers, the Pérez Cuevas family has seen fit to invest heavily in the purchase of its own land and vines. Its 250ha is a testament to the importance it places on controlling grape quality.
