Details
- Type: Red
- Country: Spain
- Region: Rioja
- Vintage: 2012
- Producer: Rolland & Galarreta
- Primary grape: Tempranillo
- Bottle size: 75cl
- List price: £36.44
- Code: 37557
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Expression
Oaked, intense, concentrated reds
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Full-flavoured and mature cheeses e.g. Cheddar, Cheshire, Edam, Gouda. Manchego, parmesan, Pont l’Évêque
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Bay leaf, black pepper, chives, mint, nutmeg, rosemary, thyme
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Grilled, roasted, seared, braised game: boar, duck, grouse, pheasant, venison. Beef, lamb
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Full-flavoured cream- or cheese-based sauces e.g. parmesan. Intense wild mushroom, casserole or jus sauces
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Some good combinations are possible with spicy foods but careful experimentation is required
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Usually vegetables will be supporting a full-flavoured meat or dominating sauce. Hearty lentil dishes. Rich, wild mushroom dishes
About the Wine
This red wine is made by Rolland & Galarreta in Rioja. Mature, full-bodied Rioja is superb with roast or grilled lamb and beef, as well as autumnal dishes based around mushrooms or flavoursome wild game. It is created with mosty Tempranillo grapes. You shouldn't find this wine anywhere else, it is exclusive to Matthew Clark. Supplied by Araex.
Tempranillo
Temp-rah-NEEL-yo
The grape behind Rioja and widely planted in Spain in general. Tempranillo lends itself to significant oak ageing, it tastes of ripe
strawberry, autumnal, baked, berry fruit with sweet Christmas spices.
Flavours:
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Cherry
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Fig
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Mushroom
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Sweet Tobacco
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Violet
Rolland & Galarreta, a partnership between the renowned winemaker Michel Rolland and Spanish winegrower Javier Galarreta. Making; Rueda: aromatic, full-bodied, soft white wines; made from 100% old vine Verdejo, crafted in French oak barrels where it’s fermented and aged on the lees for a short period. Ribera del Duero: mainly Tempranillo goes into this wine with some Merlot. Rioja Alavesa: made from 100% old vine Tempranillo from the cool highlands of Alava and just the right level of oak.
The Country
Spain
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