Erre Punto 2010 is made from a blend of Tempranillo 90%, Graciano 5%, Viura (Macabeo) and Malvasia 5%. Manual harvest. It has been chosen BEST PRIMER WINE 2010 (XIII Carbonic Maceration Wine Fair) in the final held on Thursday 7 April 2011 at the Diocesan School for the Hotel Industry of Mendizorrotza in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Tasting notes: Intense cherry colour, clean and bright. On nose, reminiscences of red fruit over a liquorice background. On palate, sweet, meaty and flavorful, well integrated tannins. Fruity, leaving a fresh and persistent intense final.
What the critics say...
Proensa Guide: 91 points
Peñin Guide: 91 points(01/01/2012)
Cherry red colour, violet rim. On nose, expressive, fresh fruit, red fruit, floral. On palate, fruity, powerful, tasty, fleshy.
The cellar is situated in the middle of Samaniego. It has almost sixty hectares in various plots in four localities in the Rioja Alavesa: Samaniego, Leza, Elciego and Laguardia. In Remírez de Ganuza, they work with fifty hectares of Tempranillo (90%) and Graciano (10%) situated truly... privileges enclaves of the Alavés vineyards. The vine stocks have an average age of sixty, with the youngest being thirty years old and the oldest, ninety-six, an ideal average for making a wine with ´breeding´.