Marques De Riscal Gran Reserva Rioja

Introduction: this wine is elaborated in our new renovated 1883 winey. For its elaboration we use wooden buts and the last generation of sorting tables where bunches and grapes are previously chilled. To make their gran reservas marques de riscal use grapes from old vines over 80 years’ old either from own estate vineyards. The wine destined for making the gran reserva is set aside after the final coupages and passes into french oak barrels where it will spend between two and a half and three years plus another three years rounding off in the bottle before release for sale. Growing conditions: the abundance of snow was a very welcome benefit for the later development of the vines. Budburst occurred in the first week in april although there was then a sudden brusque fall in temperatures which lasted until the 20th at which point they rose again which combined with a shortage of rainfall prevented the appearance of fungal diseases. Flowering and fruit setting proved uneventful