Ontañón Plinio El Viejo Ecologico Rioja Crystal

Ontañón Plinio El Viejo Ecologico Rioja CrystalBright cherry and raspberry aromas balanced by sweet spice. The palate is structured with complex, ripe red fruit, clove and black pepper characters. Poised and well balanced with fresh acidity and a touch of mocha on the long finish. Raquel, Ruben, Leticia and Maria Prez Cuevas are part of the 5th generation of the Cuevas family to make wine in Rioja Baja. Their father, Gabriel, inherited parcels of vineyards just outside the town of Quel on the

FLORAL Soft notes of Mediterranean orange and lemon blossom

The grapes are destemmed and fermented in stainless steel vats at a controlled temperature of 16 degrees with 36 hours maceration on the skins to extract light tannins and colour

red cherries and spicy oak with notes of tobacco

This is not a particularly fleshy Grenache but the flavours remain concentrated and are driven along by a wave of vibrant acidity and minerally tannins

sharp and at the same time delicate

The vines are 32 years old on average

Current Vintage:

packed with fresh dark fruit and rounded tannins and seamlessly integrated oak and a lifted acidity

Casablanca is a cold-climate valley due to the maritime influence of the Pacific Ocean and the Humboldt Current that cools the coastline

A very classy

full-bodied structure

plush and opulent as ever