Gran Solorca Reserva 2021 is a Ribera del Duero that’s perfect for understanding the personality of one of the world’s best winemaking areas. It was grown in very special vineyards located in what many people consider the best part of the Denominación, in the villages of Roa and La Horra (Burgos) and comes from an Excellent-rated vintage. This superb wine is faithful to the style of the Ribera del Duero Tempranillos. You’ll only find it here because it’s exclusive to Vinoselección.
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General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Tempranillo
Type of barrel
30% French oak, 50% American oak, 20% east European oak.
Type of bottle
Bordeaux
Barrel aging time
36 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Total acidity (g/l)
5.2
Volatile acidity (g/l)
0.65
Sugar
2
pH
3.85
General Information
Gran Solorca Reserva 2021 was made exclusively for Vinoselección from 100% Tempranillo grapes. The vineyards it comes from are located between the municipalities of Roa and La Horra in the province of Burgos. Spanning a total of 90 hectares, they have an average age of 40 years and benefit from climate and geological conditions uniquely suited to grape growing. It also comes with the guarantees of one of the best vintages of the twenty-first century in the D.O. Ribera, classified as Excellent by the regulatory board.
After the grapes were processed with careful attention, this red was matured to perfection for a long 36 months in barrels made of different types of oak: 30% French, 50% American and 20% eastern European.
Based in the heart of the D.O. Ribera del Duero, in the municipality of Roa, Viña Solorca is a family-run firm headed by Víctor Balbás. An inheritor of a winegrowing tradition and aware of the enormous potential of his vineyards, in 1998 he decided to produce wine from them in a winery of his own. The firm possesses 90 hectares of vineyards that chiefly grow the region's native grape variety, Tempranillo or Tinto Fino. These vineyards are largely used for wines that are aged for long periods.
Gran Solorca Reserva 2021 (D.O. Ribera del Duero) is ideal with loin of venison in red wine or char-grilled duck breast.
Tasting notes
Gorgeous cherry-red with a subtle garnet-red rim, intense pigmentation. Highly aromatic nose of complex, fragrant notes of jammy black fruit – plums, sloes and blackberries – together with delicate hints of toasted fine woods (cedar) and pleasant balsamic notes of black liquorice, all enhanced with elegant mineral notes that lend it personality. Potent, fleshy and very well-structured attack, sweet, elegant and varietal tannins give it fullness and volume on mid-palate. Excellent balance between the notes from ageing in oak and the ripe fruity flavours. Long finish with pleasant fruity notes.
The winery
Heir to a winemaking tradition, at the end of the last century, Víctor Balbás founded Viña Solorca in the heart of the D.O. Ribera del Duero. In the vicinity of Roa (Burgos), he established his production facility, equipped with the most advanced winemaking techniques to serve carefully nurtured grapes and a majestic barrel cellar that houses French, American, and Eastern European oak from the finest cooperages in the market.