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Tempranillio, Lodi

Tempranillio, Lodi Wine Details
Price: $20.00 per bottle

Description: 2003 Tempranillo, Lodi, Silvaspoons Vyds. Medals Our 2003 Tempranillo is a blend of 85% Tempranillo and 15% Touriga. It has a fruity bouquet with ripe stone fruit/blueberry flavor and a long expansive finish. Age for maximum enjoyment. Serve with paella, olives, Spanish food, bouillabaisse, pizza, red meat, and with informal meals.

Varietal Definition
Touriga Nacional:
Found in California and South Africa, this fiercest and best of the port grapes has also been successfully transplanted to Australia for fortified wine production. The vine produces grapes with small, darkly-pigmented berries. Notorious for low yields, attributes like its intense rich fruit personality make this grape a highly-regarded and sought after varietal. In addition to being important in port production, it is also increasingly significant in the rich, red table wines of Portugal’s Dao and Douro valleys.
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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