Wine "Siglo" Crianza, Rioja DOC, 2016
- Wine:
- Region:
- Producer:
- Brand:
- Strength
- Volume:
- Grape varieties:
Vintages and volumes
Reviews of purchase "Siglo" Crianza, Rioja DOC, 2016
Tasting Notes
Wine bright cherry red color with garnet highlights.
The wine has an elegant fruity taste with pronounced notes of red and black berries, currant nuances of vanilla and a long finish with a hint of wood.
In expressive aroma of wine felt notes of black fruits, vanilla and tobacco.
The wine is perfect with red meat, game and mature cheeses.
Interesting Facts
For the production of wine "Siglo" Crianza Tempranillo grape variety used, Garnacha and Mazuela that collect and sort manually. Further exempt from berries ridges crushed and fermented in vats Thermocontrol at 25-27 ° C for 2 weeks. After fermentation, the wine is decanted into a 225-liter American oak barrels where it spends a year, and after bottling is aged for at least another six months. The wine is ready to drink now, but is also ready to continue to evolve for 6-8 years.
Winery Bodegas Ache is located in the heart of the Rioja Alta. Winery founded in 1881 by Don Felix Azpilicueta, who combined three family estates with rich wine-making traditions. In the cellars of the old winery still kept his first vintages.
Chief enologist of the winery is Javier Garcia, a specialist in the field of agriculture, the master of wine, a technical specialist in the field of enology and wine marketing crops. Javier is closely related to Bodegas Ache - his great-grandfather was a co-founder of the winery. Initially Javier performs various functions and in 2005 took over the responsibility for the process of wine production.
