Pago de Valtarreña Red wine
From the vineyards of the Valtarreña family, from 45 to 55 years old, which due to their genetic peculiarities and their special microclimate, produce an exceptional maturation in the goodness of their tannins. Calcareous clay soils and fresh sands.
Cultivated in glass and trellis with yields of only 3,500 kg per hectare. The grapes are harvested by hand in boxes of 12Kg. Fermentation in stainless steel tanks and malolactic in French oak barrels. Pago de Valtarreña is aged for 24 months in 225-litre French oak barrels with a selected grain and an average age of one and a half years.
It is a sweet and powerful red, as well as soft and velvety. It's an iron hand in a velvet glove. At first glance, it is very attractive and already hints that it is going to be a serious thing. Clear and bright cherry colour. Practically without edging, it allows us to predict the long life that is predicted.
In the olfactory phase we can find an intense and pleasant range of aromas. The notes that evoke seasoned black fruits are intermingled with roasted memories, also of hides and coffees. As we go deeper, spicy aromas of ample intensity and high persistence come to mind.
On the palate it is very fleshy, tasty, velvety, structured, fresh and endowed with a great balance. Notes of blackberry, coffee and milk caramels, shady forest, pipe tobacco,
