Viña Santurnia Reserva 

Winery: Bodegas Ramón Ayala Lete e Hijos
Region: Rioja

Red Wine

Variety: 90% Tempranillo, 5% Manzuelo, and 5% Graciano

Production
Soil: Franc-clay and calcareous-clay 

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..

Harvest: Manual, between the first week and the third week of October. 

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 7 days with temperature-controlled fermentation between 28 and 30ºC, extended post-fermentative maceration on the skins for 5 days, with two pump-overs daily in the beginning with a light pump-over daily at the end. After is realized the manual pressing by treading inside of the tanks for extracting the maximum wine of natural form. 

Aging: Oak cask of American 80% and French oak 20%, during 24 months.

Tasting
See: Garnet cherry color with tones ruby. Bright and clean. 

Nose: Intense, complex ,warm and elegant bouquet with fresh fruit notes combined with hints of spice, vanilla and coffee toast. 

Mouth: velvety entry, full and complex. Good tannic structure and balance. The dominant fruity flavors of slightly over toasted, roasted, cocoa and vanilla, giving it a very interesting complexity.