Hacienda Monasterio Reserva Especial 2018
Great 'ribera' by Peter Sisseck
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Hacienda Monasterio Reserva Especial 2018 is one of the best wines in its category from Ribera del Duero. A red wine that bears the hallmark of quality from the prestigious Danish winemaker Peter Sisseck, creator of the legendary Pingus.
General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 75% Tempranillo
Type of barrel
New French oak barrels from Allier and two years old
Type of bottle
Bordeaux Bottle
Barrel aging time
27 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Alcohol content (% vol.)
15
General Information
Hacienda Monasterio was Peter Sisseck's first project in Spain, and this Hacienda Monasterio Reserva Especial 2018 that the Club brings you is one of his latest gems. Only a few selected wineries are capable of maintaining the highest quality even in challenging vintages, and Bodegas Hacienda Monasterio is, without a doubt, one of them.
Founded in the early 1990s by Carlos de la Fuente and Sisseck, it is a true benchmark of the D.O. Ribera del Duero, and its wines are the expression of a privileged terroir. Hacienda Monasterio Reserva Especial 2018 was born from a strict selection of its best tinto fino (tempranillo) and cabernet sauvignon grapes, cultivated between Pesquera and Valbuena de Duero, on a south-facing slope. The winemaking process stood out for its precision and care, culminating in a 13-month aging in new French oak barrels from Allier, followed by another 14 months in two-year-old barrels. Get one of its prized bottles and enjoy it with all kinds of meats and fine cold cuts, especially Iberian ham, and aged cheeses.
Creators' opinion
Hacienda Monasterio Reserva Especial tiene un color granate intenso casi opaco. Nariz intensa, compleja y atractiva con aromas de bayas negras, notas especiadas, toques minerales, bien ensamblados con las notas terciarias de la crianza en barrica. Entrada en boca delicada que da paso a unos taninos de gran calidad, agradables y rotundos. Final largo y persistente, con un retrogusto mineral y a regaliz negro. Vino con gran estructura, con buen equilibrio, alcohol, acidez y taninos y con un potencial de envejecimiento muy prometedor.
The winery
Hacienda Monasterio is one of the most prominent wineries in Ribera del Duero since its foundation in the early nineties. It is also known for being the winery that brought Peter Sisseck, the creator of Pingus, to Spain. The Dane continues to work at the winery and craft its wines, in this case alongside local winemaker Carlos de la Fuente.
The estate where the winery is located, halfway between Pesquera and Valbuena de Duero, belonged at the end of the century to the Lecanda family, who at that time owned Vega Sicilia. The key to Hacienda Monasterio's success is the quality of its vineyard, which has now reached sufficient maturity to provide the winery with exceptional raw material to produce wines of the highest quality.