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Viña Cubillo Rioja Crianza - Lopez de Heredia
Viña Cubillo Rioja Crianza - Lopez de Heredia
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Don Rafael Lopez de Heredia fell in love with the Rioja region in the middle of the 19th century when French negociants visited the area to find alternative sources of quality grapes to make wine as the phylloxera epidemic had decimated many of their vineyards. In 1877, he built his winery -- one of the first 3 bodegas constructed in Rioja. Today, Bodegas Lopez de Heredia stands out as one of the few family run bodegas left in Rioja.
This wine is composed primarily of Tempranillo (65%), along with 25% Garnacha and small amounts of Mazueko & Graciano. The grapes are hand harvested from 53 year old vines at the Cubillo vineyards. It spends three years in oak, is racked twice a year, and fined with fresh egg whites. While many of their wines go through extended aging, this one is released when the family feels that the wine is ready.
Both sweet & savory with lots of racy cranberry and cherry flavors, the palate is polished & medium bodied with notes of damp earth, mushrooms, & herbs. An electric acidity streaks through the core of the wine making it fresh & alive!
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