VIÑA CERRADA Rioja Reserva, Vina Cerrada 2005 Grape Varieties 90% Tempranillo 5% Graciano 5% Mazuelo Food Matching Note: This goes well with rich meat dishes that aren't too spicey. A good partner to sirloin steak or roast ham and parsley sauce. Tasting Note: This wine is cherry red with brick red tones. There are intense, spicy, ripe cherry and plum aromas merged with notes of tobacco, toffee, vanilla and wood. On the palate, the body is full and fleshy with excellent balance. Vinification Note: The wine is made from a mixture of grapes belonging to a vineyard of over 50 years of age - situated on the slopes of Sierra de Cantabria and a vineyard of 12 years of age - situated on the fertile plain of the Rioja Vega estate. Precision prevails in the making of this wine aiming for healthy grapes whilst achieving prime phenolic ripening. Alcoholic fermentation lasts 10 days with 20 days of maceration. The average fermentation temperature is 28ºC and malolactic fermentation occurs in stainless steel tanks at 18ºC. Ageing takes place over 2 years in American Oak casks (5% of which take place in French oak casks). Bottle ageing lasts 12 months before being released: pH - 3.55, Alcohol - 13.5% vol., Residual sugar - <2g/l. Find this wine at www.winestore.co.uk Price: £16.55 (Including VAT at 20%)