Viña Santurnia Crianza

Winery: Bodegas Ramón Ayala Lete e Hijos
Region: Rioja

Red Wine

Variety: 100% Tempranillo

Vineyard
Vineyards of the Ayala family in the place of Briñas, located in the foothills of the Sierra de Cantabria or Sonsierra.

Applying a viticulture respectful and minimal interference with nature.

Production
Traditional vinification. After selective manual picking the clusters are destemmed by gravity directly falling into the fermentation tank not using any type of pump.

Alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks of 25000 Kg, during 8 days with temperature-controlled fermentation between 28ºC and 30ºC, extended post-fermentative maceration on the skins for 6 days, with two pump-overs daily in the beginning with a light pump-over daily at the end. After is realized the manual pressing inside of the tanks for extracting the maximum wine of natural form. 

Aging
Oak cask of American 80% and French oak 20%, during 12 months. Bottling in September of 2018. 

Tasting
See: Cherry red color, high layer, clean and bright.

Nose: Good fruit fused with coconut, vanilla, spices and toasted aromas from the oaks.

Mouth: Soft, it has good volume and balance. Fruit and oak well assembled with fresh long finish. Well tamed tannins and a long finish and fresh.