Márques del Atrio | DOCa Rioja
Serve at a temperature of 14 to 16 º C.
Its flavour is soft but robust, with a good structure, balanced and round tannins and a long and persistent finish.
Team led by Rodrigo Espinosa, Agricultural Engineer and Oenologist by the University of Chile, with wide experience in Chile, The United States and Castilla La Mancha.
Intense red colour with garnet shades, clean and sparkly.
It is a very expressive and aromatic wine. Highlighting the ripe fruit and spices notes.
Red meat, lamb and game. Perfect with foie grass and all kinds of cheeses.
Terroir
The Tempranillo is collected from a small plot of 17 Ha located between approximately 600 meters of altitude. This vineyard cultivated in a traditional way (glass) produces grapes of great quality and balance. The age of the vineyard is 35 years. The production is about 4 ton / Ha.
Although La Rioja is a small region, it has very heterogeneous soils, with a balanced structure, alluvial with composition of sands, silts, clays and boulders and slightly alkaline with active limestone between 7 and 15%. Little organic matter and nitrogenous substances, level of low nutritional elements and little water availability during the summer.
Vinification
Selected grapes, destemmed and partially squeezed, with a high proportion of whole berries, with a maceration time of 20-25 days, with daily overruns. Controlled fermentation: 24-28 ºC. Indigenous yeasts, contained in the grapes themselves.
14 months in American oak barrels and French oak barrels with a medium toasted, which gives a toasted touch of mocha and sweet notes of vanilla and caramel. Ageing in bottle.
Tradition, Innovation, Terroir, Perfection, Quality