Winery:  Alejandro Fernandez Tinto Pesquera                      

Region:  Ribera del Duero

Vintage:  2020                                                        

Bottle: 75cl                                                   

Grape Varieties: 100% Tempranillo

Type:  Red wine, oak aged

Alcohol Volume:  14.5%

Serving Temperature:  16º - 18º

Production: 

Made from 100% Tempranillo vines that are between 20 and 40 years old. Made from whole, de-stemmed grapes. Spent 18 months aging in American oak barrels followed by 6 months in bottle.

Tasting Notes: Sweet ripe black fruit and spice nose with hints of minerals, violets, and roasted herbs. Full-bodied with good fruit expression and minerality, the excellent blackberry, dark plum, cassis, and cherry notes blend in perfectly with the smooth tannins.

Note:  It is recommended to decant the wine before serving. Drinking nicely over the next 8-10 years.

BODEGAS ALEJANDRO FERNÁNDEZ

Alejandro Fernandez, the founder of the winery, was a self-made winemaker who, following the family tradition learned from his father, started making wine from the grapes of his small vineyards until in 1972, when he managed to establish his own winery. Some 10 years later, the wines began to show their excellent quality, and he became one of the most well-known and respected wine producers and, in Pesquera, a legendary name.

His wines are the result of a lifetime of hard work and capture and transmit the strength, structure, and complexity of the Ribera del Duero region. A family that controls day by day every step of the process, from the care of the vineyard, the harvest, the elaboration, the ageing, to the commercialisation, while remaining faithful to their roots and their traditional values.