Bodegas Ontañón Ontañón Reserva

Tempranillo (95%), Garnatcha (5%) Deep red wine with complex aromas of raspberry and chocolate in the nose. On the palate ripe red fruit, with a toasty aftertaste. This wine has undergone a 24-month oak barrel aging in French and American barrels. Afterwards, an additional 24 months of aging in bottle. Silver Medal winner at the ‘Bacchus 2008 Wine International Competition’.

Tempranillo betekent ‘vroeg’ en is een niet rechtopstaande wijnstok met grote, ongelijkvormige bladeren en grote trossen met dikke druiven. Zeer waarschijnlijk is het een inheems Spaans druivenras. Zijn oorsprong zou kunnen liggen in de Pyreneeën, waar in de 80-tige jaren nog wilde stokken van de tempranillo werden aangetroffen. Wordt veel in de Spaanse wijngebieden planted and is considered a very noble variety. This is partly because it is the most important grape in the quality areas Rioja and Ribera del Duero. Tempranillo produces dark wines with low acidity and alcohol content. Houtrijping doet de wijnen waarin tempranillo is processed well and designed for extra care. It is a good basis for the beautiful Rioja region. Tempranillo is known in Penedés as ull de llebre en in La Mancha and in Valdepeñas known as cencibel

Garnatcha, The most widely planted blue grape in Spain. Excellent for blending, although the best Garnacha wines come from Priorato and are usually monovarietal there. Garnacha is an important component of traditional Rioja (usually up to 30 percent). In France, this grape is used almost exclusively as a cépage with other grape varieties. Garnacha is a true Mediterranean grape that is addicted to the heat. The grape variety always follows the sun, and regularly changes its name in the process. The vine is resistant to all kinds of diseases. The grape has a thin skin with little pigment. The grape prefers poor and dry soils with many (pebble) stones. Little tannin and sensitive to oxidation, so this is not a wine for laying down. Garnacha wines are characterized by a very fruity, almost sweet taste in which blackberries, cherry, kirsch, coffee, cocoa, figs and some pepper can be discovered. They contain little acid.

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