Marqués de Terán (2005) make excellent-quality wines that are representative of Rioja, pieces of craftsmanship created using state-of-the-art technology in a process that helps bring out the characteristic flavours of the grapes and the Rioja Alta area. Marqués de Terán Reserva 2016 is the perfect wine for gaining an idea of what is produced there.
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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
18 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Alcohol content (% vol.)
17
General Information
Marqués de Terán Reserva 2016 is a single-varietal Tempranillo grown on vines located in the Rioja Alta subzone. It’s been aged for 18 months in American and French oak barrels and is complex on the nose, with a few tertiary notes (leather, blond tobacco). On the palate, it's silky with a long finish.
Marqués de Terán is a century-old brand that was revived in 2005 when the winery was built in the town of Ollauri, in the heart of Rioja Alta. The facilities are located underground inside a small hill, which allows the winery to operate by gravity and maintains temperature and humidity conditions naturally.
Sustainability is one of the winery's distinguishing features; in fact, it's the first winery in Europe to use geothermal energy. A traditional winemaking process is employed involving manual harvesting and several stages of sorting, which, combined with the latest technology, results in excellent wines that are highly representative of the area.
The winery is regarded as one of the architectural treasures of La Rioja due to its integration into the landscape and its functional design. Thanks to its architecture and the use of geothermal energy, as well as the manual harvesting process, Marqués de Terán succeeds in minimising its carbon footprint through a highly eco-efficient winemaking process that reduces its environmental impact and CO2 emissions.
The red Marqués de Terán Reserva 2016 (D.O.Ca. Rioja) is ideal with meat dishes such as stone-grilled beef steak.