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GARRIGUELLA CRIANÇA 2003
- D.O. "EMPORDÀ"
85 POINTS GUIDE PEÑÍN 2008 - ***** Excellent Qualification Silver Medal. X Catalan Competition of Wine and Cava Tasting Giroví 2005 Variety: 40% Merlot, 40% Cariñena Negra, 20% Cabernet Alcohol content: 13,50º vol. Production: 30.000 bottles of 75 cl. Elaboration: Once the harvest is finished, the wholesome grapes ripened by varieties are destemed to proceed to maceration and foliage fermentation. The tasting will determine the duration of these processes. Later the must is drawed off and stored in barrels to ferment and to be finally pressed. Once the malolactic transformation is finished, the wine is kept in American oak barrels until its bottling (80% 12 months in oak barrels and 20% in stainless steel tanks). Tasting: Taste this red wine of powerful personality, incredible aroma and long-lasting persistence. Appreciate the result of combining this exceptional wine, grown exclusively in the Ampurdan region, with any speciality of our wise traditional cookery or with any of the new and surprising recipes of the so-called nouvelle cuisine . No abrupt physical treatments have been used in the elaboration of this wine in order not to damage its steady evolution or preventing the sudden appearance of any natural precipitate. Therefore, proceed to its decanting and enjoy this fabulous wine. |