Technical sheet
Type Of Wine: | red wine |
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Vintage: | 2016 Other vintages |
Appellation: | Rioja (La Rioja, Spain) |
Cellar: | Sierra Cantabria |
Volume: | 150cl Other volumes |
Grapes: | Graciano, Tempranillo |
Allergens: | Contains Sulfites |
Alcohol Vol.: | 14% |
Elaboration of Sierra Cantabria Crianza Magnum 2016
Sierra Cantabria Crianza Magnum 2016 (Graciano and Tempranillo)
TASTING NOTES:
- View: intense cherry.
- Nose: aromas of ripe fruit, dried herbs, oak, fine and aromatic cocoa coffee.
- Mouth: tasty, well armed, ripe tannins, good balance of acidity and alcohol. ripe fruit with spicy touches.
APPELLATION: Rioja.
VINEYARD: vineyards located in San Vicente de la Sonsierra and Labastida.
GRAPES: 100% Tempranillo.
AGEING: Aged for 14 months in Bordeaux barrels of French and American oak. Barrels used at up to three wines. regular racking every 6 months.
PREPARATION: exclusively manual harvest with rigorous selection of fruits that are in good sanitary conditions and maturity in the vineyard and in the winery using a sorting table. Made of 9 to 16 October 2016. Traditional Vinification with stripping of 100% of clusters. Controlled fermentation at a temperature between 26 and 28ºC with selected native yeast. Maceration with the skins for 15 days, two times per day at the beginning and a light traced during the last 10 days.
WINE PAIRING: roasts, pates, vegetables, grilled red meats, game birds, red meat with sauce, cooked and semi-hard cheeses.
RECOMMENDED SERVING TEMPERATURE: 16 ° C
ALCOHOL: 14%
The Winery
Sierra Cantabria

The quality of the great wines is not a result of sheer luck. It requires personal effort, knowledge and passion as well of the earth and the complicity of the weather. Nothing is predominant, everything is important in order to create internationally famous wines. This is the result of hard work of a family with a philosophy that have been passed from generation to generation: to give back to the earth everything that it has given to us through the meticulous elaboration of our wines.
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