Wine List
Don Placero Rioja Tinto 2011
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Rioja
- Producer
- Bodegas Aldeanueva
- Grape(s)
- Tempranillo (60%)
- Garnacha (40%)
- Type
- Red
- Style
- Light
- Oaked Style
- Lightly oaked
- Body Style
- Light bodied
- Alcohol Content (%)
- 13
- Closure Style
- Cork
- Organic / Biodynamic
- Normal
Region
The region of La Rioja lends its name to Spain`s most widely recognised wines. Much Rioja is blended from three districts; Alta and Alevesa to the north and the hot dry Baja district to the south, and uses Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano and Mazuelo red grape varieties and the diminishing influence of extended aging in oak barrels.
Producer
Bodegas Aldeanueva is a state of the art cooperative, founded in December 1956. The Bodegas now owns 2600 hectares of vineyards at the foot of Mount Yerga, in the dry region of the Rioja Baja. With limited risk of rot, it is an area conduive to the principles of organic viticulture, to which the Bodegas is firmly and successfully committed. The cooperative have recently invested heavily in a new winery, the fruits of which we are now seeing.
Tasting (Long)
This is copybook soft, seductive oak aged Rioja, made from 60% Tempranillo grapes with 40% Garnacha, the classic native red varieties of Rioja. The wine exhibits sweet plum and raspberry fruit, finishing with cedar and vanilla on the palate.
Tasting (Short)
Copybook soft, seductive oak aged Rioja, exhibiting sweet plum and raspberry fruit, finishing with cedar and vanilla on the palate.
Food
Ideal by the glass or with cured meats, lamb, pork and cheeses.
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