The Dehesa de los Canónigos Reserva Solideo 2001 is made from 85% Tinto fino (Tempranillo), 12% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Albillo, and was aged 24 months in American oak barrel of typically one-two years old and medium-heavy toasting.
Tasting notes: Morello cherry red with a good depth. Elegant nose, intense primary aromas of soft fruits well offset by spicy notes of weathered wood characteristic of a rigorous aging in American oak which nonetheless do not overshadow the fruit character. Powerful mouth, fleshy, very luscious, rich and silky, with lovely tannin structure and acidity. Intense in retro-olfaction, with fruity aromas, balsamic, liquorice, coffee etc. The pleasant flavours of the aftertaste are particularly noted on the finish as sensations are still intense and invite immediate drinking.
Pairing: Beef, Game Animals, Grilled Red Meats, Roasts, Stews.
Dehesa de los Canonigos located on the banks of the river Duero, close to Pesquera, one of these simple buildings, of rural court. His physiognomy reflects the long path of an agricultural development in which the wine had major or minor importance depending on the social and economic context. ... />Nowadays Dehesa de los Canonigos is an estate of six hundred hectares, seventy are vineyards; among its rigorously elegant vineyards, we find the varieties Tinto Fino, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Albillo. This estate along with the original one have been the first estates in having planted the grapevine on the Duero´s replantation.
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