Aroma Clean and open. Medium-high intensity and complex. Fresh wine, red fruit, such as cherries, raspberries and currants. After swirl the wine we find flower like violets, grassy notes of fennel and nettle. Very light toasted notes.
Taste Smooth and harmonious. Silky tannin very well integrated. It is a wine with long finish but with fresh sensation.
Pairing A wine that invites to be enjoyed on its own, but will be the perfect to the daily dishes, all kinds of appetizers or tapas, white meats, pork and grilled poultry, grilled vegetables, pasta dishes and sausage tables.
Maturing Stepping the grapes on of the traditional way and manual soaking of the bunches during the spontaneous alcoholic fermentation carried out in boxes of 500 kg. Malolactic in French 6th year barrels. No process of filterying or clarifying. 5 months on French oak barrels 6 years old.

Country: Spain
Growing area: Ribera del Duero
Grape variety: 100% Tempranillo
Alcohol: 14 %
Closure type: cork

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Aroma: High intensity and great aromatic complexity. Touches of ripe black fruit and black licorice are perceived. When we swirl the glass, we found resinous notes and scrubland notes, such as thyme and rosemary and eucalyptus. Great expressiveness and complexity. After sip, touches of toasted coffee and mocha are appreciated, notes of pure cocoa.
Taste: On the palate the wine is soft but notable entry, medium-high body. Rounded and silky tannins give it a very good structure. Well balanced, very good acidity.
Pairing: Perfect to accompany risotto type rice, grilled mushrooms, cured cheeses, roasted fish or in sauce. Pork tenderloin and all kinds of red meats.
Maturing: Spontaneous alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tank with temperature controlled by shower; previous decision by tasting, racking off the wine so the fermentation ends without contact with the skins. Malolactic fermentation in French wood tanks of 5000 L. 14 months on 6 years old french oak barrels.

Country: Spain
Growing area: Ribera del Duero
Grape variety: 95% Tempranillo; 5% white grapes varieties (albillo, pirulés, moscatel)
Alcohol: 14 %
Closure type: cork

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Aroma: Very intense, aromatic nose. We find touches of white flowers, citrus, anise, a slight sweet touch, intermingling with the fennel tones.
Taste: On the palate it is fresh, balanced, unctuous and fine. With a slight pleasant acidity. It leaves a long palate, with a very herbaceous aftertaste.
Pairing: Ideal with fish. It is also very well suited to white meat and popular Asian specialties such as 'sushi'
Maturing: The grapes are selected and subjected to a gentle destemming. A cryo-maceration is carried out for 48-72 hours. Fermentation with native yeast at a controlled temperature of 16 ºC. Aged for 6 months in 3000L French Oval custom-made oak casks. Natural stabilization by cold and filtering prior to bottling.

Country: Spain
Growing area: Ribera del Duero
Grape variety: Albillo mayor.
Alcohol: 13 %
Residual sugar: 3 g/L
Acidity: 6 g/L
Closure type: cork

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Aroma: It is a frank wine, complex, open and very high aromatic intensity. A range of ripe black fruits, as plums, blackberries and cherries. Touches of rosemary and thyme flower. Complete its bouquet with balsamic perfumes, soft vanilla, black cocoa. Roasted and clean french oak.
Taste: Powerful and mature entry, with weight and remarkable length. Concentrated and full-bodied, its character is reflected in its velvety and dense tannin, tamed, providing a very good structure.
Pairing: Ideal pairing for meat dishes such as red meat, roast lamb, beef chop, without forgetting cured cheeses or foie gras.
Maturing: Maceration for 14 days at controlled temperature by shower. Then it’s aged for 14 months in new French oak barrels.

Country: Spain
Growing area: Ribera del Duero
Grape variety: Tinto Fino (Tempranillo)
Alcohol: 14,5 %
Closure type: cork

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Aroma: You can see the range of black, very ripe fruits such as plums, blackberry and cherries. The memory of scrubland, rosemary and thyme flower. Complete your bouquet with balsamic perfumes, a soft vanilla, cocoa black and roasted, they outline a noble and clean French oak wood.
Taste: Powerful and mature attack, with weight and remarkable length, concentrated and full-bodied, its character is reflected in its velvety and dense tannins, tamed, providing very good structure. An adequate acidity that provides long life and evolution.
Pairing: Ideal companion for all types of stews and hearty dishes such as offal, roasts of lamb or matured red meats.
Maturing: Macerated for 12 days and then fermented under controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks. Aged for 9 months in French and American oak barrels.

Country: Spain
Growing area: Ribera del Duero
Grape variety: Tinto Fino (Tempranillo)
Alcohol: 14,5 %
Closure type: cork

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Aroma: High intensity. Lovely bouquet of plums, cherries, touch of mint, cocoa powder, a bit of wild fennel, a very good touch of soil and a still good foundation of spicy oak from the oak.
Taste: In the mouth, it is very voluminous, creamy, with firm tannins and an elegant and long finish. Fresh, vibrant and youthful with a long, fruit-driven finish
Pairing: An ideal pairing for lamb, especially if cooked on the barbecue
Maturing: Nine months in French oak barriques contributes roundness of texture and toasty complexity

Country: Spain
Growing area: Ribera del Duero
Grape variety: Tempranillo (Aragonez)
Alcohol: 14%
Closure type: cork

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Aroma: It is an open and high aromatic intensity. In its bouquet, you can preserve black and forest fruits, blueberries, blackberries and plums, with spicy touches such as vanilla, nutmeg and cloves, perfectly assembled with the toasted and balsamic nuances of black licorice and scrub, derived from the combination of American and French oak barrels during its aging.
Taste: Wine of entrance kind, light but with body. Harmonious and velvety feeling on the palate thanks to its sweet and friendly tannins, which provide structure and complexity.
Pairing: Pairs perfectly with roast recipes, casseroles and aged cheeses.
Maturing: The grapes were first macerated for 15 days in stainless steel tanks, after which they were fermented under controlled temperature. Then it’s aged for 12 months in French oak barrels and for a further 12 months in the bottle.

Country: Spain
Growing area: Ribera del Duero
Grape variety: Tinto Fino (Tempranillo)
Alcohol: 14%
Closure type: cork

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Aroma: On the nose there are notes of water pear, ripe apple, memories of stone fruit, with a mineral background with a slight balsamic touch that reminiscent of lemon thyme and lemon verbena accompanied by a light vegetable touch.
Taste: Tense, with great acidity. Fat and round center of mouth with notes of Wellassembled aging without losing the prominence of the fruit.
Pairing: Ideal companion with pasta dishes, semi-cured cheeses, salted meats and smoked fish, rice and grilled fish as with the turbot.
Maturing: 12 months in barrel and 12 months in bottle.

Country: Spain
Growing area: Ribera del Duero
Grape variety: Albillo Mayor
Alcohol: 10 %
Closure type: cork

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Aroma: a touch of wood married with aromas of red fruit that stand out when the minutes go by in the glass, highlighting the ripe strawberry and hints of low-forest herbs.
Taste: soft tannin, with a very elegant acidity, sweet and sweet.
Color: red wine with a medium-low layer, with violet-bluish tones and cherry red.
Ideal with: excellent to accompany a table of bread with tomato and homemade sausages, veal with mushrooms, wine to make by the glass followed by cured sheep cheeses or some Catalan broad beans.
Winemaking: Harvested by machine at dawn, it arrives fresh first thing in the morning, still dark in the cellar. Skidding and tubing direct to the self-emptying tank. Pre-fermentation maceration for 1 day and quite cold, with pump-overs to extract the maximum of fruit aromas. Maceration - fermentation of about 12-15 days depending on the vintage, to extract all the qualities of the skin. Minimal bleeding and pressing of the skins, depending on the tasting.
Maturation: Malolactic in stainless steel and then aged for between 5-8 months in French oak barrels of 1º-2º year of 225 liters.

Country: Spain
Growing area: Alt Penedes (Barcelona)
Grape variety: 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 60% Merlot
Alcohol: 14,0 %
Residual sugar: g / l
Acid: g / l
Closure type: cork

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Aroma: Light touch of wood and vanilla due to the long aging in barrels, made up with the aromas of very ripe red fruit, with some shades of understory, balsamic and very fresh herbs.
Taste: its rounded tannins and the excellent combination of fruit and barrel wood stand out.
Ideal with: grilled lamb ribs, with xató, all kinds of sausages, cured sheep cheeses, picadillo de la Cerdanya or game meat.
Maturation: 12 months in French and American oak barrels, with a minimum of 6 months of barrel aging.
Colour: red wine with a medium layer, with shades of ripe cherry, denoting a wine with a good life in the bottle.

Country: Spain
Growing area: Alt Penedes (Barcelona)
Grape variety: 50% Syrah, 50% Cabernet Sauvignon
Alcohol: 13,3 %
Residual sugar: <0,3 g / l
Acid: 5,1 g / l
Closure type: Cork

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