Amaya Arzuaga Colección Red wine

Amaya Arzuaga Colección is a red wine made with grapes from centuries-old pre-phylloxera vineyards of the Ribera del Duero located in soils with supplementary characteristics (sandstone and alluvial soils complemented by limestone soils at high altitudes) that combine their best qualities to achieve a spectacular result.

Aged for 19 months in new French oak barrels. Tempranillo and Albillo. 100% fermented with rasp.

Visual phase: Deep and intense pillory red color, high layer, clean and bright, with attractive reflections or violet hues.

Olfactory phase: High aromatic complexity. At the beginning, fresh notes of hay, freshly cut grass and ripe red and black fruit stand out. With aeration, nuances of toffee, toasted, caramelized, vanilla, subtle spices, cocoa/chocolate, tobacco and dried rose petals appear.

Taste phase: On the palate it is unctuous, silky, velvety and tasty. It has an elegant gait, fine tannins, a great balance with a very marked acidity and freshness, and a very long persistence.

Meats: grilled beef chops, fried lamb chops, roasted pork knuckle, roasted lamb, beef escalope, baked lamb, callos a la madrileña or with chickpeas, stewed meat, beef or veal carpaccio, beef tongue in sauce, stewed gizzards, pork ear in sauce, bull's tail...

Hunting: sautéed or sauced quail, garlic rabbit, roasted pheasant, hare with potatoes and rice, deer loin, stewed partridge.

Cereals and pasta: rice with partridge, chicken or rabbit, cannelloni, Bolognese spaghetti, meat lasagna, macaroni with chorizo, Bolognese noodles.

Cold cuts: boar's head, chistorra, chorizo, foie gras, fuet, jamón serrano, lacon, morcilla, morcón.

Eggs: in any of their varieties or in tortillas. Legumes: white beans with chorizo, Asturian fabada, pinto beans and chickpea stew.

Molluscs and crustaceans: Roman-style squid, stewed crayfish, snails, stuffed squid, garlic prawns and steamed mussels.

Fish: tuna with tomato, cod, bonito with tomato or onion, marmitako.

• Cheeses: the wine matches very well with any aged cheese.

Soups: chickpea soup, garlic soup, Castilian soup, Madrid stew and mountain stew.

Vegetables: stewed artichokes, broccoli with potatoes, pumpkin zucchini, mushroom in sauce, Brussels sprouts with ham, Russian salad, green beans with ham, vegetable soup and potatoes with cod.