{"title":"Tempranillo","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"valenciso-cemento-2018","title":"Valenciso Rioja Cemento 2018","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eA distinctive feature of Valenciso’s approach in the cellar has been the widespread use of concrete tanks for fermentation. This practice allows for a gentler extraction of fruit and colour. Concrete vats were once a mainstay in Rioja but by the 1980s, the tradition of fermenting and aging in cement vessels had largely been replaced by stainless steel and oak maturation. Today, thanks to its numerous advantages and a group of specialist manufacturers, concrete is back at the forefront of fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eWhile all Valenciso’s wines see the inside of some concrete during maturation, this new bottling has—as the name suggests—been fermented and raised entirely in concrete vats. It’s 100% Tempranillo drawn from a group of old-vine sites nestled in the limestone-rich hillsides of Haro and Ollauri. All up, this was aged for 30 months before bottling, resulting in a wonderfully bright and complex wine with wild blackberry and red plum characters, laced with hints of black pepper in an elegant, rounded palate with fine, lingering tannins. Terrific.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valenciso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43272950776036,"sku":"20096-750","price":53.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/products\/28fb365c-3611-ed11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_20096-750.png?v=1660775397"},{"product_id":"valenciso-rioja-reserva-2015","title":"Valenciso Rioja Reserva 2015","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eValenciso’s flagship Reserva is a selection of handpicked Tempranillo from the clay\/limestone soils around Haro. The grapes are drawn from 29 plots spread across the villages of Villalba, Rodezno, Briones, Haro and Ollauri. They all lie within a five-kilometre radius of the winery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003ePart of what has been proposed as the Western Sonsierra zone (by Alberto Gil and Antonio Remesal Villar in Rioja: Vinos Silenciosos), Ollauri’s vineyards are noted for their excellent calcáreo soils, altitudes of up to 600 meters and Atlantic-influenced climate. All the vines are managed organically and cropped well below the regional limits. The youngest vines that make the grade here are 60 years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe Reserva fermented naturally in cement vats, and the wine then aged for 19 months in (mostly) low-toast Radoux French oak barriques. In recent vintages, 10% of the wine has also been raised in low-toast Caucasus oak, further lessening the wine’s already minimal wood influence. Following ageing in barrel, the wine was transferred back to concrete vats to settle for a further 24 months before release. Luis and Carmen find the wine clarifies so well in concrete that there is no need to fine or filter it before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eFrom an Atlantic-styled vintage, 2015 is a more elegant and finessed release than the years on either side. Tasted at the estate this year, it’s a beautifully cool, spicy and elegant Rioja with plenty of strawberry sweetness spiked with resin, brown spices, blood and anise notes. It has a supple texture and a fresh, racy finish. 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The vineyard has a south-facing exposure on poor, very pebbly soils over a clay subsoil, and has an altitude of over 800 metres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eAged for 24-30 months in oak, followed by 12 months in bottle, the Reserva is a significantly more intense, powerful and nuanced version of its younger sibling. The Fernández team have been known to drop 50% of the fruit to regulate the yields, producing wines of power and complexity balanced with the classic high-grown freshness of the region. The Especial label is reserved for wines that have been aged in bottle before release, in this case, for 10 years after harvest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bodegas Alejandro Fernandez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43273647227108,"sku":"19508-750","price":102.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/d74ababe-a3a5-ee11-ac3e-0aa7bbf44e76_19508-750.png?v=1703801200"},{"product_id":"ausas-ribera-del-duero-interpretacion-2018","title":"Ausàs Ribera del Duero Interpretación 2018","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eYou may not have heard of Xavier Ausàs, but there’s a good chance you have heard of this winemaker’s previous employer: Ausàs worked at Vega Sicilia and its neighbour, Alión, for 25 years (with 17 of these as technical director). Xavier Ausàs left Vega in 2015 to concentrate on setting up his own, Burgundian-sized family Domaine. The following year (to much acclaim) Ausàs launched his first vintage of Interpretación. The building blocks are a number old-vine, high-grown Tinto Fino parcels concentrated around Ribera’s central belt. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eWhile much of Ribera is bewitched by new barrels, Ausàs is notable for his refined use of oak. The grapes are subject to a cold soak and fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel and concrete vats before aging for 14 months in French oak (only 30% new): half in 225-litre casks and half in 500-litre demi-muid. 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Applied here, Isart’s organic viticulture, pick-on-freshness, natural yeast, lo-fi regime results in wines that are as juicy and fresh as they are delicious, yet they are certainly more straight-shooting and thirst quenching in style than the Bernabeleva wines; a reality that is reflected in their pricing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eNow simply labelled Tinto Fino (the wine was previously called Tinto de Valdilecha), this is a blend of 80% mature-vine Tempranillo (from Valdilecha at 780 metres) with the local white grape Malvar (from Belmonte at a similar altitude) making up the balance. The vines are all biodynamically reared and the grapes hand-harvested. 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Abandoned for years, the slope consisted of hundreds of small parcels with separate and stubborn ownership. Following three years of persuasive consolidation, Condado de Haza christened its first vintage in 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eCondado de Haza is located in the province of Burgos, known for its rocky soils and cooler sub-climate. It has a different soil type and higher elevation than its sister property Pesquera, and the microclimate here is tempered by its proximity to the river. Hot days drive the ripeness, while the cold nights maintain high acidity, resulting in fleshy wines that nonetheless remain fresh and sappy. Where Pesquera’s wines are fine, compact, and bloody, those from Condado de Haza are typically plump, more textural and have more rugged structures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe winemaking here largely mimics that at Pesquera: late harvesting by hand; natural fermentation; vinification by parcel; 18 months in barrique; and bottling without filtration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bodegas Alejandro Fernandez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43273691693284,"sku":"20085-750","price":52.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/products\/ea059927-88fd-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_20085-750.png?v=1660775389"},{"product_id":"pesquera-ribera-del-duero-tinto-crianza-2018","title":"Pesquera Ribera del Duero Tinto Crianza 2018","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThis renowned 100% Tempranillo—once famously called “the Pétrus of Spain” by Robert Parker, comes from Estate vineyards in Lucia, Vina Alto and Llano Santiago. 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Fermented wild, the wine initially ages in a 50-hectolitre concrete tank for five years, then rests for 40 months in low-toast Caucasian oak (the same barrels Valenciso uses for the Rioja Blanco). It was released in 2022, 10 years after the harvest, hence the name 10 Años Después (‘10 Years After’).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eInterestingly, the extended aging in concrete results in no loss of colour and has only seemed to intensify the wine’s fruit purity and aromatic expression. Again, tasted in Spain this year, it looks so fresh and vibrant with radiant raspberry sweetness, pine-scented fruit, and a deep core of iodine-like complexity underpinned by silk-spun tannins and a classy, gliding finish. 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The vines are roughly 75% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha and 5% Viura. The Garnacha vines are 108 years old, while the Tempranillo and Viura sit in the 70- to 80-year-old range. The altitude is 250 metres lower here (at 450 metres above sea level) and the soil has far more active limestone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe old vines are worked by mule (led by seasoned viticulturist Miguel Angel Mato), and all the viticulture is organic. The grapes were hand-harvested and co-fermented using wild yeasts and the wine was matured in a single, used French oak barrel before being bottled unfiltered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eRedolent of its site, wild fruit and Mediterranean herb aromas seep from the glass before a long, chalky and intense palate that’s driven by stylish, freshly picked fruit and elongated, fine-grained tannins. Marked by the limestone soils, the finish is long and penetrating. 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It grows on the classic clay\/limestone soil profile of the Rioja Alta. This single-vineyard bottling used to be made in a similar style to Valenciso’s flagship Reserva, in that it was built to age in barrel and bottle before release. From the 2018 vintage, Valenciso has sought to craft Laderas de Cabama in a younger, more fruit-forward style. The fruit is picked a little earlier and the winemaking employs a portion of whole-berry, semi-carbonic fermentation, bringing a more primary, juicy profile. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo new oak is used. Instead, fermentation occurs in cool concrete, followed by 14 months in used French oak barrels. The resulting wine is spicy and rich, with dark berry and plummy fruit, some spice and tobacco leaf notes from whole-bunch fermentation. It boasts good depth and a tea-scented, full-bodied finish. 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It's a small site, positioned immediately adjacent to a small bush-vine Mataro parcel that Spinifex has been using in their rosé for the last six years or so. Throughout this time, Schell has been sneaking across and tasting the Tempranillo fruit whenever he's been checking on the Mataro. Eventually he felt compelled to approach the growers. Pete calls the Tempranillo \"another indulgence on his part\". 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The fruit is picked a little earlier, and the winemaking employs a portion of whole-berry, semi-carbonic fermentation, bringing a more primary, juicy profile. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo new oak is used. Instead, fermentation occurs in cool concrete, followed by 14 months in used French oak barrels. From the much-acclaimed 2021 vintage, the resulting wine is vividly dark-fruited and tickled with spice and tobacco leaf notes from the whole-bunch fermentation. It boasts good depth and a tea-scented, full-bodied finish. 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Planted on a limestone hillside at El Hoyo with stunning views over the Sierra de Cantabria, the vineyard is roughly 75% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha and 5% Viura, all surrounded by the wild garrigue of the area. The Garnacha vines were planted well over a century ago, while the Tempranillo and Viura sit in the 70- to 80-year-old range. The grapes are hand-harvested and co-fermented using wild yeasts, and the wine is matured in a single, used French oak barrel before finishing its aging in a sandstone amphora. The new release is packed with class, from the purity of focused blackberry fruit to the mouthcoating, chalky structure that clings to the palate. Marked by the limestone soils, the finish is long and penetrating. 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The blend is 50% Garnacha and 50% Tempranillo, and the fruit is crushed, pressed and fermented in tank with natural yeasts. It ages mostly in large foudre on lees for up to six months. The result is a superbly bright and tangy rosado with silky white peach and strawberry fruit, subtle textural grip, and the kind of vibrant freshness to take the edge off a long day. 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The lowest of these vineyards is 400 metres above sea level, rising to 500 metres in Los Pozos. Co-fermented naturally in cement vats, the wine undergoes a short maceration of one week before starting maturation in oak barriques. The wine finishes aging in large, neutral 600-litre barrels to lessen the already minimal oak impact. Reflecting its high-altitude origins, this is a darker, deeper and more structured Rioja than the Bozeto, notwithstanding the excellent vibrancy and freshness you get from the altitude and rocky, limestone soils. 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Fermented with indigenous yeasts, the wine initially ages in a 50-hectolitre concrete tank for five years, then rests for 36 months in low-toast Caucasian oak (the same barrels Valenciso previously used for the Rioja Blanco). Polished for a final year in French oak, this was released in 2024, 10 years after the harvest, hence the name 10 Años Después (‘10 Years After’).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe classical 2014 vintage was superb for Valenciso, and the wine combines the texture and velveteen mouthfeel of traditional Rioja with the focus and precision of this grower’s wines. The extended aging in concrete results in no loss of colour and has only intensified the wine’s fruit purity and aromatic expression. Despite the age, it remains incredibly vivid and youthful with typical blackcurrant and pine-scented fruit, a lick of oak spice and a deep core of iodine-like complexity before closing with fine, melting tannins and an energising finish. 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