Details

  • Type: Red
  • Country: Spain
  • Region: Rioja
  • Vintage: 2015
  • Producer: DonJacobo
  • Primary grape: Tempranillo
  • Secondary grape: Grenache/Garnacha
  • Tertiary grape: Mazuelo
  • Bottle size: 75cl
  • Pack size: 75 cl x 6
  • Code: 46503

About the Wine

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:

  • Cherry Cherry
  • Fig Fig
  • Mushroom Mushroom
  • Sweet Tobacco Sweet Tobacco
  • Violet Violet

Grenache/Garnacha

Gray-NAHSH / Ga'rr-NAH-cha

This is a sweet thin skinned grape that gives wine that is high in alcohol and full bodied, but light in colour and tannins. It's often used in blends and responds well to oak ageing.

Flavours:

  • Leather Leather
  • Plum Plum
  • Raspberry Raspberry
  • Strawberry Strawberry
  • White Pepper White Pepper

The Country

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Spain

Spain has a huge number of unusual and captivating regions aside from the beautiful Rioja. Whilst tradition remains, some producers are really pushing boundaries making Spain one country to keep coming back to.

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