The 2005 Orben is sourced from 75 micro-parcels of old vines of Tempranillo planted between 1945 and 1954. The wine is a glass-coating purple. Aromas of slate, cedar, tobacco, blueberry, and blackberry lead to a muscular, structured wine which is a bit tightly wound but well-balanced. Intense, concentrated, and lengthy. This large-scaled effort needs 5-7 years of cellaring, and should be at its best from 2015 to 2030.
Orben set up its roots in one of the most admires areas of the D.O.Ca. Rioja, wih a sober an elegant style all ready for the wine marking processes. The building planned for this winery is inspired by a modern style which merges together architecture, wine and gastronomy. The building,... which has a big area almost completely undergrond, stands out becasuse of its straight and dynamic shapes. It is tranquil and elegant. The altitude at what it is located offers us awesome views of Laguardia and of all the region of Rioja Alavesa. The part of the winery wich is set underground is constructed with the shape of an ´L´, giving us the opportunity of getting the most out of all the wine making processes. The production area is distributed in such a way that we find the barrel cellar right after the fermentations area, and it is followed buy the botelling line and the bottle cellar. Up on top of the building, the social area shows itself magnificient facing the Ebro Valley.
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