Description
John Radford in Decanter magazine wrote "Calatayud, Cariñena and Campo de Borja ... These are the source of some of the best-value wines from Spain, if not the world." The trio lie in Aragón, northeast Spain, and were producing quality wine as early as the 15th century, as this was the centre of political and royal circles at the time.
Carîñena is named after the grape of the same name (known in Rioja and Navarra as Mazuelo), despite this variety only making up 10 percent of its vineyards. Garnacha is its main red grape, while Macabeo is its most important white. This full-flavoured Garnacha hails from Terrai, one of the finest cellars in Cariñena, regularly scoring 86+ points for its reds, from Crianza to Gran Reserva. It also can count the revered critic Robert Parker amongst its fans. Its success is partly due to the talents of its winemaker, young Ana Becoechea. She insists on the grapes being handpicked, then sorting through them again at the cellar to ensure only the very finest berries get into the vat.
All the Garnacha fruit for this wine comes from half-century-old vines grown high in the hills of Almonacid de la Sierra. The age of the vines and their high altitude result in grapes of immense concentration. Garnacha itself brings soft, velvety raspberry and blackberry character and usually reasonably high alcohol.
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