Lopez De Heredia - Vina Cubillo Crianza 2008 75cl Bottle

Product Description

Clear, bright ruby. Fresh & slight aroma to licorice with consistent texture & persistent aroma. The taste is smooth, fresh & persistent. Classified by The Regulating Council as Excellent as well as the previous year. This harvest was not only good in quality but in quantity both in their own vineyards & in the whole D.O. Rioja. Out of the 170 ha. that they own, in 2005 they had 154 in production. The volume of the harvest in 2005 was slighly smaller than 2004, due to the polinization. The vegetative cycle was perfect with no problems during all year. The harvest started 10 days in advance from a normal year starting on September 24th with the White grapes & on September 27th with the red grapes in Vina Tondonia. Finished harvesting Vina Cubillo on October 22nd. Suffered a big storm on October the 12th that delayed the finalizing but didn't damage the quality. The grapes entered the winery with a good concentration of colour, balance of alcohol content & acidity & good colour intensity. All of this made great wines with high vocation of ageing.