Aged 18 months in French and American oak casks. Great color intensity. Satured dark cherry color. On the nose is complex, attractive, fresh, minty with red fruits touches well assembled with the wood, providingthe eucalyptus freshness and later the torrefacción and caramel. The mellow and agreeable start in the mouth avolves in a wine of a great aromatic richness with an incresible expressivity. Good balance between alcohol and acidity; and with an structure of very good quiality tannins: very fine and mellow. Long, spicy and very persisntent finish. Suitable with non greasy fish, birds and white and red meats
What the critics say...
Peñin Guide: 88 points(01/01/2010)
Colour: bright cherry, garnet rim. Nose: fine cocoa, sweet spices, medium intensity. Palate: creamy, flavourful, round tannins.
Pairing: Aged Cheese, Game Animals, Grilled Red Meats, Legume, Roasts, Stews.
It is placed in Sardon of Duero (Valladolid), in the estate called Santa Maria de Retuerta. The winery is known as ´El Pago de la Milla de Oro´, because its wines are elaborated in the best wine-growing zone of Spain, geographically located between Peñafiel and Tudela of Duero. It uses... exclusively grapes of its own vineyards for the elaboration of its wines. Total surface planted of its vineyards (210 hectares) is distributed: 65 % Tempranillo, 25 % Cabernet Sauvignon and 10 % Merlot, experiencing nowadays with Syrah and Petit verdiot vineyards. Its warehouse with a surface of 10.000m2, elaborates wine from 1996, combines the traditional wine-growing with the most advance technology being one of most advanced of Europe. The Winery offers alternative activities like tastings and guided visits, with the possibility in a very next future of lodging at the Abbey´s 18 rooms hotel.