SENORIO of CUZCURRITA

Senorio of Cuzcurrita 

Wine made from vintage produced within the walls of the Castle, as well as other vineyards in the environment. Genuinely represents the unique character of the wines of Cuzcurrita, demonstrated not every year the maximum potnecial they can achieve.

The 2015 vintage was rated as very good rioja. This harvest had for very dry summer, but the rains of mid-September and the very favorable weather until the end of the vintage slowed ripening and helped a vintage is got with a good alcoholic and phenolic balance.

The variety is tempranillo and all the vineyards are old, dry and grown in glass. Obtaining a deduction production 1.2kg per vine with grape-wine yield figure of 63%

Vintage 20kg boxes, selection of clusters in destrío table. Husking and crushing rollers. Long fermentation at 28 ° C in conical tanks of 15,000 lter maceration. Malolactic fermentation in Bordeaux bottles barrels, 1/3 new, 1/3 and 1/3 with one 2 years in French oak fine-grained and medium toasted, followed by aging on its lees in the same timber for 12 months, going after four months in large concrete tanks until bottling in March 2014.

TASTING NOTES

The Senorio of Cuzcurrita is remarkable cherry red color, with an intense and elegant nose with ripe red fruit presence, spicy notes like cinnamon, cocoa, licorice and some minerals recurdos. Unctuous in the mouth, with soft, enveloping tannins, balanced, complex, elegant and with a friendly and long finish. Great aromatic presence.