Villota Selvanevada Rioja Alavesa Tempranillo Blend 2020

SPAIN : RIOJA Tempranillo (86%), Graciano (8%), Mazuela (4%), Garnacha (2%) MED-FULL-BODIED, BLACK CHERRY, CASSIS, RASPBERRY, SWEET SPICE, HERBS, EARTH, OAK Traditionally styled Rioja from the Pérez-Villota family's 100ha estate in DOCa Rioja Alavesa (just 50 miles south of the vineyards in Basque Country, this is the smallest and northernmost sub-region of Rioja) ... 'Selvanevada' is elegant and balanced, with complex aromatics and a lively and colorful but clean palate of dark berry fruit, sweet spice (nutmeg, cinnamon), dried herbs, subtle oak, and dense, dusty tannins. Drink tonight & every night, or hold until ~2029.  FARMING : Conventional (traditional but "respectful") :  dry-farmed bush farms are cultivated manually without the use systemic pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or fertilizer WINEMAKING : Varieties ferment separately in stainless steel tanks for 2 weeks; aged for 6 months in French oak barriques PAIRING : Fabada Asturiana (Spanish Pork & Bean Stew)

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