Marqués de Valparaíso Crianza 2019
2019, an Excellent year in Ribera del Duero
Médaille d'Or
Concurso Internacional Mundus Vini
The winner of a gold medal at Mundus Vini, Marqués de Valparaíso Crianza 2019, comes from a year that was rated Excellent in the D.O. Ribera del Duero and looks set to become historic. This means that it’s going to get harder and harder to find great wines from this year, especially ones as good as this red, designed by Rubén Provedo, a winemaker with experience at top wineries like Tobelos and Numanthia
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General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Tempranillo
Type of barrel
American and French oak barrels
Type of bottle
Bordeaux
Barrel aging time
12 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Alcohol content (% vol.)
14
General Information
Marqués de Valparaíso Crianza 2019, made wholly from Tempranillo grapes, comes from old vines with an average age of over 30, planted in clay-loam soils that afford the wines body and structure. Vinification took place using the traditional system: destemming and macerating the must in contact with the skins. It underwent fermentation at an average temperature of 26º C. The resulting wine was aged for 12 months in American and French oak barrels.
Bodegas Valparaíso started out in 2000 in Quintana del Pidio (Burgos). The facilities are located on a hill from which the village is visible, and are supplied by 70 hectares of vines owned by the firm, chiefly Tempranillo, part of which date from the nineteenth century and are gobelet trained.
This old vineyard is close to the winery in Quintana del Pidio, whereas the newer, espalier-trained plots are located in another of the most highly valued parts of the Denominación: in Pesquera (Valladolid), at an altitude of 925 m; and in Sotillo (Burgos), at 825 m. The grapes from each vineyard were fermented separately and were blended just before ageing began. The barrels are made of French (25%) and American (75%) oak.
Marqués de Valparaíso Crianza 2019 (D.O. Ribera del Duero) is ideal with game stews such as venison hotpot or quail with beans.
Creators' opinion
Cherry-red with subtle ruby-red hues. Notes of red fruits, cedar and spices appear in the nose together with perfectly integrated aromas from ageing. Highly aromatic on mid-palate. Elegant.