Senorio de San Vicente '16
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One winery, one single estate, one variety, one
wine…
100% Tempranillo Peludo.
San Vicente breaks moulds, carving the way for the rest of the new classics.
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- Wine Country
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- Grape varieties wine
- Tempranillo
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- Wine-food combination
- Game poultry, roasted red meats, grilled red meats, large game
About this wine
Description & facts
- Producer
- Senorio de San Vicente ’16
- Country of origin
- Wine Region
- Classification
- DOCa Rioja
- Vintage
- 2016
- Grape varieties wine
- Tempranillo
- % of grape varieties wine
- Tempranillo
- Tasting note
- Garnet red cherry. Delicate nose, good reduction and toasty creamy notes with rich liquorice flavours and mountain herbs in this generous red, offering and elegant palate, fresh with well integrated tannins and a smooth finish.
- Wine-food combination
- Game poultry, roasted red meats, grilled red meats, large game
- Vinification
- FERMENTATION: 10 days with two daily pump-overs. Traditional elaboration, 100% de-stemmed. Temperature control between 28 and 30º C (82 and 86º F) with autochthonous yeast selected from own vineyards. MACERATION: On the skins for 21 days. The first eight days, two daily pump-overs; after that, the frequency was reduced, finishing with a light pump-over every two days. MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION: In barrel AGING. Barrel: 20 months in new Bordelaise barrels of French oak (90%) and American oak (10%). Racking every four months.
- Location Vineyard
- AROUND SAN VICENTE DE LA SONSIERRA, RIOJA ALTA.
- Soil
- Single-vineyard wine from La Canoca, of 18 hectares soil ofcalcareous clay.
- Closure
- Cork
- Bottle size
- 750 ml
- Serving temperature
- 16-18 C
- Ageing potential
- Drink now untill 2045
- Awards & ratings
- Peñín Guide 2021: 95 pointsWine Advocate: 93 pointsStephen Tanzer’s: 95 pointsJames Suckling: 99 points
