Ochoa 8a Mil Gracias is made from 100% Graciano. Malolatic fermentation at a controlled temperature in 2 year old French and American barrels. 9 months of barrel-ageing.
Tasting notes: Violet colour. Nose: reductive character of the Graciano variety. It needs to breathe and get air that’s why decanting is a good choice. Mineral notes, very ripe black fruits and white pepper. Palate: explosion of aromas, combined with soft and pleasant tannins.
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Robert Parker: 90 points(01/06/2011)
The 2007 Mil Gracias (Series 8A) is 100% Graciano aged for 9 months in French and American oak. Racy red fruits and uplifting acidity form the personality of this elegant red. Its firm structure will ensure prime drinking now through 2019.
Proensa Guide: 84 points
Peñin Guide: 86 points(01/01/2012)
Bright cherry red colour, garnet rim. On nose, toasty, spicy, ripe fruit. On palate, tasty, fruity and long.
Pairing: Aged Cheese, Game Animals, Grilled Red Meats, Legume, Roasts, Stews.
Convinced that the quality is born in the vineyard, at Ochoa Wineries they only use grapes that come from their own vine-stocks. The vineyard is respected to the maximum, without breaking the natural balance, but always taking advantage of the possibilities of the new technologies, developing... programs of research (the I+D) to provide to the products the suitable fusion between tradition and modernity and to create innovative wines. They Possess 143 hectares of own vineyard in Traibuenas's natural site. The vineyards come from the former vine-stocks where the best vine-stocks have been selected to multiply its vegetable material. The plantation frame is of 3x1 meters, and they face the south to obtain the suitable maximun surface of plants exposed to the sun. Nowadays 1.000.000 of kilos per year of grape produce approximately 600.000 bottles a year. The process is totally automated, with the personal touch of 14 persons providing the indispensable humanity to the wines. The elaboration of the wine is composed by small histories, for what it is very important to take care of every single detail.
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