Tempranillo is Spain's answer to Cabernet Sauvignon and is the main grape for the moderate climate region of Rioja. It ripens early, but the shorter growing cycle allows it to thrive in Rioja's harsher climate zones.
The grapes are thick skinned and capable of making deeply coloured and long lasting wines (albeit not notably high in alcohol). The wines have medium acidity and tannins and strawberry flavours. Much of the character comes from the oak aging which gives coconut and vanilla flavours to the wine. Over time, some meat, leather and mushroom flavours can develop.
Ribera del Duero is a cool region also ideally suited to Tempranillo. The wines have blackberry and plum notes and toasty oak flavours.
Cherry red in colour with brick-red tones. Warm intense aromas. Fruity tones. Ample and well rounded on the palate. A perfect balance between the varietal nuances and the character acquired during ageing in the oak barrels.
This dark cherry wine shows purple glints. On the nose, it is complex, with outstanding ripe black fruit aromas backed by oaky vanilla and toast from its ageing in new oak barrels. Fresh fruit flavours follow the nose to round it out. It is round, complete and powerful on the palate, with good backbone. Oak is present as a spicy note, with hints of jam coming through.
Appealing deep aromas. A fruity nose of raspberry and redcurrant together with fine oaky hints from its six months ageing in oak barrels. Well rounded and balanced. On the palate, it is beautifully fresh and lively, with a slight acidity, and palatable tannins from the American oak round it out. Hints of liquorice in the finish.
A wine of great aromatic complexity, it includes ripe black fruit, red fruit jam, liquorice and raspberry aromas with chocolate, vanilla and balsamic hints from the toast of the cask.
Full, round, well constituted on the palate, the ripe round tannins are in perfect balance with its fruit-bearing character, thus reinforcing a lingering finish and persistent aromatic, balsamic, spicy aftertaste.
It has a dark, cherry colour with a violet rim. There are beautiful
fresh fruit primary aromas backed by some oaky vanilla hints.
On the palate, it has a good backbone.It is half-bodied, fresh,
fruity and tannins add an attractive finish. Wide aftertaste, with a
balsamic character.
Cherry colour with a touch of brick-red glints. Pure with a strong presence of Tempranillo aromas, liquorice and red fruits in perfect balance with a touch of oak, vanilla and cinnamon. On the palate, medium-bodied with light notes. Fresh acidity in perfect harmony with the tannin of the casks and a notable fruit bearing load. Excellent, lingering aftertaste with balsamic hints.
This wine has a dark cherry-garnet colour with a lively, violet rim. On the nose, the aromas are intense, fresh, clean and fruity, with floral and blackcurrant hints. On the palate, it is harmonious, medium-bodied, offering a perfect balance between tannins, freshness and acidity. It is long in the mouth, with a lingering finish and some sweet, fruity hints in the aftertaste.
Red wine of a cherry colour with ruby rim. Spicy and fruity hints on the nose. Appreciated for its balance with soft tannins in the mouth providing a lingering finish.
Intense ruby-red colour, with great depth. To the nose, vanilla and cinnamon aromas stand out, mixed with mature fruit. In the mouth, it is smooth and round, with good body and very well integrated sweet tannins.
Appealing deep red colour with ruby and tawny rims. To the nose, smooth notes with good quality wood and spicy hints. In the mouth, round and pleasant, with toasty hints at the finish that give it consistency. Lingering mineral notes.
Cherry coloured wine with violet rims. There is a variety of aromas
on the nose with a hint of red fruit. The palate is backboned and
fresh with a very fruity finish.
This wine has great life and boldness. It evokes the passion for the Tempanillo grape, the same passion our grandfather passed on to our father, Félix Callejo, and which he in turn transmits to us each day.
This wine offers aromas of black fruit, violets, cracked pepper and tarragon. It is dense and layered, with a soft velvet texture and firm, ripe tannins. A tremendous wine.
Lively, deep dense red colour with delicate aromas of wild forest flowers. Ripe tropical fruit characters. Mineral touches come through against a backdrop of spicy and smoky notes. Hints of just picked grapes on the palate along with fresh tannins. In the mouth it is full with a long lingering finish.
Intense cherry colour, The nose is very aromatic with plenty of wild red and black fruits. Notes of licorice and coffee are also expressed. Ripe tannins on the palate are matched with a mouth cleansing acidity and layers of ripe black fruits.
Ruby cherry in colour. Motes of ripe fruit, minerals, herbs, white pepper and cocoa on the nose. The taste is fresh with sensations of red fruit, balsamic and cocoa berry.
Exploding out of the glass with an intense cherry colour, notes on the nose of lilac, ripe dark berries, rosemary, cedar and hints of smoke. The palate is full bodied, intense and inky. Abundant in rounded tannins, well balanced acidity and a sliver of minerality on the finish make this an outstanding experience from start to end.
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