Winery:  Bodegas Rodero                              

Region: D.O. Ribera del Duero

Vintage: 2023

Bottle: 75cl                                                

Grape Varieties: 100% Tempranillo (Tinta del pais)

Type: Red wine oak aged

Alcohol Content: 15% vol.

Serving Temperature: 14º - 16º

Vinification:

Made from 100% Tempranillo from the estate’s younger vineyards, up to 20 years old. Traditional winemaking process with destemmed grapes.

Malolactic fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks around 20–22 oC.

Aged 9 months, mostly in French oak barrels and a small proportion in American oak barrels. Afterwards, it remains for a minimum of 3 months in bottle before its release.

Tasting Notes:

A fresh, red fruit-scented nose combined with floral aromas and vanilla hints. Round  and matured elegant tannins with a pleasant lingering finish.

THE WINERY

Carmelo Rodero, the fourth generation of a family of vine growers from Pedrosa de Duero, Burgos, in the heart of D.O. Ribera del Duero, is the creator and proprietor of this excellent range of wines that bears his own name. During 14 years, he was selling grapes from his then-first 30 Hectares to many top Ribera del Duero producers, including Vega Sicilia.

Today, he works alongside his daughter Beatriz, the winemaker, to create a very personal range of wines that are exclusively sourced from their 120 hectares of vineyards. These vineyards are spread across different plots that have been thoughtfully and strategically chosen, planted mostly with the native Tinta del Pais or Tinto Fino (Tempranillo), with smaller percentages of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The average age of the vine is 30 years, although the oldest are over 70 years old.

Very much involved in innovation, Carmelo Rodero has one of the most pioneering vinifying processes by gravity. He has patented and built an innovative system of rotating mechanised small tanks that take in the grapes by gravity, avoiding pumping over.