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Winery: Bodegas Remirez de Ganuza

Country / Region: Spain / DO Rioja

Date Winery was established: 1989

Grape Variety: Tempranillo, Graciano, Viura & Malvasia

Alcohol Content / Volume: 15% / 750ml

First Vintage Released: 1994

Ratings: 92 pts. Tim Atkin

Good to know: The winery only make their Gran Reserva on exceptional years. it is a collector´s wine indeed.. and probably with one of the longer life in cellar. It is made with a selection of the best grapes from the best plots in that specific great vintage. Manual harvest, grapes from vineyards of an average age of 60 years old, transportation in boxes of 12 kg to thermo regulated cooling chambers and stored there for 24 hours prior fermentation. Selection of grapes on sorting table and separation of the bunches into shoulders and tips. This wine is elaborated from the grapes of destemmed shoulders.

Remirez de Ganuza Gran Reserva 2015 is crafted from grapes sourced from vineyards with an average age of 60 years and low yields, nestled in the foothills of Sierra Cantabria.

During the manual harvest, bunches are carefully picked and transported in 12 kg boxes to temperature-controlled cooling chambers, where they are stored for 24 hours before undergoing fermentation at 4Cº - 6Cº.

Following this, the grapes go through a meticulous manual selection process on a sorting table, with each cluster being separated into shoulders and tips. This wine is made specifically from destemmed Tempranillo shoulders.

The fermentation process takes place in stainless steel tanks and concrete vats of varying capacities and shapes. Malolactic fermentation occurs in barrel, and the wine is aged for 38 months in 225-litre new French oak barrels.