Crianza Rioja DOCa - Real Agrado

The barrel-aged Crianza Rioja from the wine-growing region of La Rioja offers itself in the glass in dense purple red. This Spanish cuvée shows in the glass wonderfully expressive notes of black currants, blackberries, mulberries and blueberries. These are joined by hints of other fruits.

This dry red wine from Real Agrado is for wine drinkers who like it absolutely dry. The Crianza Rioja already comes very close to this, it was pressed with just 1.7 grams of residual sugar. This dense red wine presents itself on the palate full of pressure and facets. Due to its concise fruit acidity, the Crianza Rioja reveals itself to be fantastically fresh and lively on the palate. The final of this red wine from the wine-growing region of La Rioja, which is capable of aging, finally convinces with good reverberation. The finish is also accompanied by mineral hints of the soils dominated by limestone and clay.

Vinification of the Crianza Rioja from Real Agrado

The powerful Crianza Rioja from Spain is a cuvée, pressed from the grape varieties Garnacha and Tempranillo. In La Rioja, the vines that produce the grapes for this wine grow on soils of clay and limestone. When they are perfectly ripe, the grapes for Crianza Rioja are harvested exclusively by hand without the help of coarse and less selective full harvesters. After the hand harvest, the grapes are immediately taken to the winery. Here they are sorted and carefully broken up. Then fermentation takes place in small wood at controlled temperatures. The vinification is followed by a maturation of 14 months in French and American oak barrels.

Food recommendation for the Crianza Rioja from Real Agrado

Enjoy this red wine from Spain best tempered at 15 - 18°C as an accompanying wine to ossobuco, plum jam or Thai cucumber salad.

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