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Wines / Rioja / White / Franco Españolas
0,75 L
91 Peñin
93 Tim Atkin
Stock: 99 units
Description
Description:
We only make this wine in vintages classified as Very Good or Excellent.
Characteristics of the wine
The must fermentation is carried out in contact with skins (grape skins) and pulp, daily pump-overs are carried out. The wine undergoes malolactic fermentation in 225l Bordeaux barrels. capacity.
Aging is 18 months in French and American oak. The wine was stirred weekly to make a transfer of those lees, with which we will obtain a wine with more volume in a natural way. Then racking was carried out every 6 months.
Bodegas Franco-Españolas was born in 1890 as the union between France and Spain at a peak in Rioja, when the French came to the region trying to replace their vineyards devastated by the phylloxera disease. It was the origin of the "fine Rioja wines".
All this led Frederick Anglade Saurat, a native of Bordeaux, to found Franco-Spanish Wineries in 1890. The first harvest, a year later, results in the winery's iconic wines: Diamante and Estilo Burgundy. This was renamed Rioja Bordón in the 1950s, and in 2017 it was redesigned as Bordón.
In 1920, fifteen years after Anglade's death, the French sold their shares and the winery became entirely Spanish. King Alfonso XIII visits the winery in 1903 and in 1925. Ernest Hemingway will do so in 1956.
The end of Prohibition in the US in 1933 and the resurgence of the Regulatory Council in 1953 will give a boost to the exports of Rioja wines. Franco-Spanish has a presence in large European cities, as well as in Caracas, Buenos Aires, Havana and New York. 1964 is an excellent vintage, perhaps the best of the century.
It belongs to the DO Rioja, a denomination that dates from the end of the 19th century, but which was not officially formed until 1925. The area that hosts this denomination of origin includes the autonomous communities of Rioja and the Basque Country.
The grapes produced in this denomination are: Tempranillo, Garnacha Tinta, Mazuelo, Graciano and Maturana Tinta.
The wines of this denomination are characterized by being fresh, aromatic wines, with an excellent vessel and above all they are very balanced wines.
Rioja wines are easy to drink wines.
Varieties: 100% Viura
The vines are located on alluvial soil belonging to an ancient glacial located in Sojuela. The north orientation of the vineyard is ideal to withstand the hottest summers and they are located at an altitude of 640 meters with an average age of 80 years. These conditions are perfect for long-aging wines.
Fish, white meat, hors d'oeuvres, appetizers.
To take in aperitifs and in celebratory meals.
Adequate quality / price ratio.
Its graduation is 12.5º vol.
It is recommended to drink at 8º-10º C temperature of the wine.
• Great Golden Bacchus, Bacchus
• Gold Medal - Best Rioja Blanco wine, Mundus Vini
• Gold Medal, Sélections Mondiales Des Vins Canada
• Gold Medal, Best of Spain Wine Challenge Netherlands
• 93 points, Tim Atkin
• 92 points, Andreas Larsson
• 92 points, Gourmets Guide
• 91 points, Peñín Guide
EAN 8410106010087