El Guardián Crianza Tinto - Criadores de Rioja

The Criadores de Rioja El Guardián Crianza Tinto is a first-class red wine in a crystal-clear glass. It offers a wonderfully bright, ruby red color. This Criadores de Rioja red wine reveals all kinds of blackberries on the nose. As if that wasn't already impressive, the ageing in stainless steel adds further aromas such as vanilla and tobacco.

The Criadores de Rioja El Guardián Crianza Tinto is wonderfully dry. This red wine is never coarse or austere, as you would expect from a wine. On the palate, this balanced red wine is characterized by an incredibly velvety texture. Thanks to its lively fruit acidity, El Guardián Crianza Tinto is exceptionally fresh and lively on the palate. On the finish, this red wine from the La Rioja region finally delights with its beautiful length. Once again, there are hints of blackberry. Mineral notes from the clay-dominated soil are added in the finish.

Vinification of the Criadores de Rioja El Guardián Crianza Tinto

The basis for the balanced El Guardián Crianza Tinto from Spain is grapes from the Tempranillo variety. In La Rioja, the vines that produce the grapes for this wine grow on clay soils. Moreover, the grapes for this top wine from Criadores de Rioja do not grow on flat land, but dig their roots into the soil on steep slopes. The cultivation of steep slopes ensures that the vines receive maximum sunshine even in cooler regions with shorter growing seasons. The grapes for El Guardián Crianza Tinto are harvested exclusively by hand at the time of optimum ripeness, without the help of stressful and less selective grape harvesters. After manual harvesting, the grapes are immediately taken to the press house. Here they are selected and carefully crushed. Fermentation then takes place in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures. At the end of fermentation, El Guardián Crianza Tinto is allowed to continue to harmonize on the fine lees for a few months.

Recommended with Criadores de Rioja El Guardián Crianza Tinto

This red wine from Spain works perfectly as an accompaniment to leek soup, potato pan with salmon or chickpea curry.