Viñedos de Páganos Rioja El Puntido 2003

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Winery:

Viñedos de Páganos

Varietal:

Tempranillo

Region:

Spain > Rioja > Rioja Alavesa

Type:

Red Wine

Color:

Drink Dates:

Drink Now - 2014

UPC:

 

User Tags:  deep, color descriptors, drink now, firm, breadth, fruit, complex, intense, mouthful, oak - heavy 

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What to Expect

The Rioja region of Spain produces one of the world's finest, and most long lived wines: Rioja. Rioja's renaissance, in the latter half of the 19th century, was a direct result of the phyloxera bug that decimated vineyards around the globe. While English merchants came to Rioja to replace their French imports, the wines here actually have much more in common with Chianti. Both wines are blend relying heavily on one grape, in this case Tempranillo. Like Chianti's Sangiovese, Tempranillo usually produces a relatively high acid wine of medium to medium-full body. Tempranillo tends to produce wines with a dusty, leathery edge to its raspberry and blackberry fruit tones. With additions of Graciano, Mazuela and Grancha, the wines of Rioja can take on additional layers of flavor and aroma, but the tradition of extended oak aging for Rioja's great wines contributes to an even more obvious imprint. While the Spaniards have traditionally been fans of the strong vanilla and coconut components that American oak barrels have contributed to Rioja, more and more producers have turned to French oak favoring its more subtle spice tones. Rioja continues to undergo extended aging in barrel with Reserva and Gran Reserva bottlings, representing a producer's highest achievement, spending a minimum of 3 of 5 years respectively in the producer's cellar.

Winemakers Notes

The 2003 El Puntido is similarly styled but built more for the long haul than the 2002. It has splendid aromas and layered, sweet, intense fruit and flavors with greater depth and breadth on the palate. It is a firmer effort which will surely evolve with several additional years of bottle age and drink well through 2025.

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