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Wine Details
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Description:
Wines made from the Tempranillo grape can be both fruity and earthy. This wine has equal parts blackberry, raspberry, earth, and tobacco. The young tannins are round and grip your mouth providing a perfect structure to the fruit. The finish is long and pleasant with the fruit components lasting in your mouth.
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Varietal Definition
Tempranillo:
The Tempranillo is to Rioja what Pinot Noir is to Burgundy. By far Spain's most noble indigenous grape it has similar characteristics to the Pinot - strawberries when young, earthy vegetal when mature - and it ages very well. It ripens early ('temprana' is the Spanish for 'early') is thick-skinned and gives good colour and extract but low alcohol and acidity. In Rioja it is blended with the more fiery Garnacha and a little Mazuelo and Graciano. It is grown throughout Spain but very much as a grape for blending as opposed to a straight varietal. Outside Spain the grape is quite prolific in Argentina and to a lesser extent in California.
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