Wine "La Suerte de Arrayan", Mentrida DO, 2014
Reviews of purchase "La Suerte de Arrayan", Mentrida DO, 2014
Tasting Notes
Wine rich garnet color.
Multi-faceted, full-bodied, well-structured wine taste attracts bright fruity, soft velvety tannins and woody nuances and pleasant finish prolongs the pleasure.
Complex and intense bouquet of wine seduces aromas of ripe juicy berries, cherries, strawberries, light hints of spices and oak.
The wine is recommended to serve with red meat, grilled meat, cheeses.
Interesting Facts
Wine "La Suerte de Arrayan", created in 2011 the company Arrayan winemakers from the Garnacha grapes harvested from old vines 60 years. Vineyards grow in the region to Méntrida, Toledo, in the northeastern part of the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha. Winemaking here thrives c XII century, but today its volume decreased significantly. DO status was assigned to the region in 1976 and has been for many years here make traditional Spanish wine from local grapes. Arid terrain consists of mountain ridges and countless hills, so the vines over the years have adapted perfectly to the sand and granite soils of much of the region. Strongly continental climate characterized by minimal rainfall and very high temperatures, especially in the summer (45 ° C). This results in excellent ripening with a good concentration of color, aroma and flavor. Vine Garnacha varieties occupy almost 80% of the vineyards. Due to saturation, stability and power of this variety are truly worthy of red wine. Introduction by Arraial most modern technology, both at the factory and in the vineyards, allowed to raise the quality of the wines to the next level. A rejection of the use of herbicides and only organic methods of viticulture wine company secured the recognition of not only fans and collectors, but also the leading specialists region, experts and respected wine critics.
Crop for the production of wine "La Arraial de Suert" picked by hand, carefully sorted and then sent to a cold maceration. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks using natural yeast, after which the wine is aged in oak barrels for 12 months. The volume of production is only 6,000 bottles per year, so the true connoisseurs look forward to each new vintage.
Producer's description
Harvesting is done by hand in small 20-kg boxes that immediately come to the winery adjacent to the vineyards. Grapes carefully sorted manually, and bad clusters immediately deleted. Vinification lasts between 20 to 30 days at a controlled temperature and manufactured in stainless steel tanks. At the beginning of winter wine is placed in French oak barrels, where the long stage of aging.
The first vintage of wine environmentally friendly company Arraial entered the implementation in 2003. To date, the winery has expanded its range of products, and now the production company's portfolio consists of two monosortovyh wines, whiskeys, wines and fresh fruit rose wine. This is true of Spanish wines deservedly awarded the highest quality classification Denominacion de Origen.
