Cune Reserva Rioja

The first wine of this winery was named after its initials. At the beginning a red ‘clarete’ wine was made as a fine wine in the style of the bordeaux claret produced by the great chateaux’s of the medoc. The success of the cune crianza motivated the creation of cune reserva. Winemaking the grapes were hand picked from selected vineyards and following destalking they were fermented at controlled temperatures between 28ºc and 30ºc. Following a full malolactic fermentation to balance the acidity and to round and soften the wine it was matured for eighteen months in a mixture of french and american oak barrels with rackings every six months. After bottling the wine was cellared twenty four months before being released. Vintage / harvest description the 2012 harvest has been poor in the doca rioja due to the drought that has characterized this vintage . The yield in the vineyard has been less especially in rainfed areas and has affected all varieties especially the