El Vínculo Crianza 2006 is made from Tempranillo 100%. Aging for 18 months in American oak barrels. Alejandro Fernández has named this wine in honour of his cellar "El Vínculo", located in Campo de Criptana, where he meets since childhood with his family and friends for dinner, wine tasting and singing folk songs.
Tasting notes: Cherry red color, purple rim. On nose, elegant scents of berries, Mediterranean herbs, cigar box, toffee, cedar and coffee with milky, spicy and toasty hints. On palate, lively, correct acidity, tasty, opulent, touches of berries and cocoa. Long and spicy final, lingering sweetness.
What the critics say...
Robert Parker: 92 points(01/06/2011)
The purple-colored 2006 El Vinculo Tinto Crianza offers up an aromatic array of earthy minerality, underbrush, espresso, licorice, and assorted black fruits. Nicely proportioned on the palate with layered rich fruit, excellent concentration and volume, and a lengthy, fruit-filled finish, this potentially complex effort will benefit from another 2-3 years of cellaring and provide prime drinking from 2013 to 2018+.
Pairing: Aged Cheese, Game Animals, Grilled Red Meats, Legume, Roasts, Stews.
The El Vínculo winery is the result of an old idea Alejandro Fernández had: making a great wine in La Mancha. He finally found what he was looking for after travelling around the region for some time. What he discovered were good very mature Tempranillo vines acclimatised to local conditions.... /> If the vines were well cared for, selected and their production controlled, that great wine from La Mancha that Alejandro had always dreamt about could finally become a reality.
That is how Alejandro’s latest great project —and last for the time being— began.
A beautiful typical building from La Mancha located near the windmills of Campo de Criptana and next to the railway station was reconverted into a modern winery designed to make limited quantities of top-quality wine. The name chosen for the winery, “El Vínculo”, is a homage to the old family winery located in the Duero area.
Alcohol abuse can be dangerous.
