Protos Crianza 2016 Ribera del Duero

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Made from 100% Tinta del país grapes handpicked from 30 and 35-year-old vines in Burgos and Valladolid vineyards in Ribera del Duero, Spain.

Vinification
Cold skin contact maceration and controlled fermentation in stainless steel vats.

Aging
14 months in French and American oak barrels (comprising 33% new French barrels, 34% one-year-old French and American barrels, and 33% two-year-old French and American oak barrels). Barrel maturation is followed but 12 months bottle aging.

Serving temperature
15-16ºC

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 10/03/2021

Appearance:

Clear, deep garnet red.

Aroma:

Ripe red fruit and cocoa with an attractive oakiness and very delicate spice.

Taste:

Ripe berry fruit tamed and made complex by beautifully balanced dry oak tannin complexity. Faint notes of cocoa and coffee.

Aftertaste:

Long lingering interplay between rich red fruit and dry oaky tannins

Overall:

Rich red berry fruit garnished with cocoa bean and balanced and made special by layers of tea-like tannins and dry faintly smoky toasty oak.