LUTHIER Gran Reserva 2016

229,00

Ribera del Duero, varieties Tempranillo, Garnacha and other varieties

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Description

Appellation: Ribera del Duero
Grape variety: Tempranillo 80%, garnacha 15%, other varieties 5%. Average production 1.900 Kg/Ha
Soil: Limestone and sandy loam
Location of the vineyards Manual selection of 3 micro-plots over 70 years old in Aranda de Duero.
Crop type: Eco-ground
Alcoholic Fermentation: On concrete deposit with native fermenting fungus
Malolactic fermentation: in oak barrel for 6 months.
Aged in 225l., 300l. and 500l. of French, Hungarian and American oak, the last 12 months in 500l barrels. Total aging 30 months
Alcohol %: 14
Production: 2.520 numbered bottles (only 500 units for sale each year).

Tasting notes

Visual phase: Cherry red color with medium layer can, clear, bright with purplish red edges.
Nose: Intense and elegant with floral and spicy notes, clove, white pepper, menthol chocolate, cedar, earthy and mineral.
Tasting phase: Ample, fleshy, fine and polished tannin, fresh and balanced, fluid and elegant. More Atlantic character, very long, almost eternal.

 

Self life between now and 50 years.

Recommended serving temperature 18-20º