Reserva Rioja DOCa - Castroviejo

The barrel-aged Reserva Rioja from the wine-growing region of La Rioja presents itself in the glass in a bright ruby red. If the glass is held at an angle, the edges of this barrel-aged wine show a transition in hue towards garnet red. Ideally poured into a red wine glass, this Old World red wine offers wonderfully expressive aromas of wild berry jam, plum jam, wild berry jam and Mon Cheri cherry, rounded out by firewood, beech smoke and toasted barrique contributed by the aging in wooden barrels.

This dry red wine from Castroviejo is for wine drinkers who like it absolutely dry. The Reserva Rioja already comes very close to this, it was pressed with just 1.5 grams of residual sugar. Balanced and complex, this fleshy and dense red wine presents itself on the palate. Due to the balanced fruit acidity, the Reserva Rioja flatters with a pleasing mouthfeel, without lacking freshness at the same time. The finale of this red wine with good aging potential from the wine-growing region of La Rioja, more precisely from the Rioja DOCa, finally impresses with considerable reverberation.

Vinification of the Castroviejo Reserva Rioja

The balanced Reserva Rioja from Spain is a cuvée, pressed from the grape varieties Graciano and Tempranillo. At the time of optimal ripeness, the grapes for Reserva Rioja are harvested exclusively by hand without the help of coarse and less selective full harvesters. After the harvest, the grapes are quickly taken to the winery. Here they are selected and carefully broken up. Fermentation follows in small wood at controlled temperatures. The vinification is followed by a maturation of 16 months in oak barrels.

Food recommendation for the Reserva Rioja of Castroviejo

Drink this red wine from Spain ideally tempered at 15 - 18 ° C as an accompanying wine to duck breast with sugar snap peas, ossobuco or roasted calf's liver with apples, onions and balsamic vinegar sauce.

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