El Sacramento Red - Rioja Alavesa - 2011 - 2015

Cuvée: EL Sacramento Red - Viña Leizaola

• Vintage: 2011 - 2015

• Capacity: 75 cl

• Alcohol content: 14°

• Type of wine: Red wine

• Appellation: DOca RIOJA – Rioja Alavesa
  

• Winery: Viña Leizaola

• Allergens: contains sulfites

• PEÑIN Guide: Rating 90/100 - Excellent

2011 an excellent vintage in Rioja. An ideal wine to share with friends or to give as a gift.

TASTING

Color :

Ruby red. Clear.

Nose :

Very intense ripe black fruit and spicy aromas with very fine woodiness.

Mouth :

Ample, very tasty, with freshness and length. The fruity character of this wine comes back through the retronasal.

Service :

Best consumed at 17°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Red meats, lamb, grilled meats

Guard :

10-15 years old

GRAPE VARIETIES

Tempranillo and Graciano
Age of vines: 33 years

DEVELOPMENT

Jesús Velilla, from a family of winegrowers from Lapuebla de Labarca, takes care of the viticulture up to the harvest in boxes. The vinification is done in a rented winery, in small vats that adapt to the individualized management of the different plots of the vineyard.
After destemming, alcoholic fermentation takes place, controlling the temperature up to 28°, pumping daily and several racking operations at the end of the cycle. The wine is then transferred to French oak barrels, where it undergoes malolactic fermentation and aging, with manual racking from barrel to barrel using the fauxetto. Aged in French oak barrels for 17 months.

TERROIR

The soil of El Sacramento is composed of sandy-silty clay on the surface and silty clay at depth. It has abundant organic and calcareous matter. From a mineral point of view, its composition is perfectly balanced.
The current vineyard was planted in vase with Tempranillo vines in 1986.
La Rioja has a climate that is favourable to the production of fine wines and a variety of terroirs that give them complexity. El Sacramento, due to its ideal location, offers the balance necessary to produce a great wine, to which meticulous work is dedicated.

SITUATION

Situated on a promontory, with an exceptional view of the surroundings, this great wine-growing region, by its location, on the edge of a geological rupture, and by its soil, makes the magic of the terroir happen and this wine is the unique expression of it.
This vineyard of Rioja Alavesa enjoys the DOca RIOJA designation of origin for Denomination of Origen Calificada. This part of Rioja belongs to the province of Alava – Araba, one of the seven provinces of the Basque Country.
Viñas Leizaola acquired the El Sacramento property in March 2011. Leizaola, originally from Gipuzkoa in the north of the Basque Country, is the surname of the mother of the current owner: Etienne Cordonnier, who with this project aims to return to his family roots and offer a wine that reflects the professional training of the Cordonnier family, who have worked for three generations as agents in the Belgian market for many world-class wines.