One of the few bodegas along the Ribeira del Duero Golden Mile with high quality wines, a white wine (!) and a wine hotel with a 1-star Michelin restaurant, the first in the Ribeira del Duero. A great restaurant with a chef with Peruvian background. Thus, he chose to developed a local style cuisine with influences of the nearby Atlantic Ocean and the inlands of Spain, this all with, of course, Peruvian infusions. While tasting the winery’s wines we had a 10-course lunch with different wine pairings. A great address to try out !
The winery has 95 percent of Tempranillo vines, 11 hectares of Cabarnet Sauvignon and 7 hectares to experiment with Chardonnay (solely for Vino de la Terra). Also there is Albillo and 4 percent Merlot.
Wine 1 : Laderas del Norte 2019
Clear medium deep ruby wine with predominantly black fruit aromas and flavours. Still on the palate some tones of tertiary tobacco tones. A developing dry wine with high acidity, medium tannins, high alcohol and full-bodied with a long finish. Balance, length, intensity and complexity on point (1-1-1-1/1) which make it a nice entry-level wine to easy to drink for immediate consumption. Not really a wine for long ageing.
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Wine 4 : Tinto Arzuanga 2009
A clear medium deep ruby wine with clear pronounced black and red fruit aromas on the nose. On the palate clear flavours of black fruit as well as some green bell pepper and tertiary flavours of coffee and caramel. A dry wine with high acidity, medium tannins, high alcohol and full-bodied with a long finish. Balance, length, intensity and complexity well on point (1-1-1-1/1). A great wine to drink now or even an extra ageing potential of 5 to 10 years more.
Wine 5 : 2013
Clear medium deep ruby wine with red and black fruit aromas and flavours on the nose and palate. On the palate we can find some extra secondary flavours of vanilla toasted oak. A dry wine with high acidity, tannins, alcohol and full-bodied with a long finish. A well-balanced wine, great length, intensity and complexity (1-1-1-1/1). Overall a very good wine to drink now or with ageing potential of another 5 – 10 years.
Wine 6 : 2001
A beautiful 20 years old wine starting to have garnet colours on the glass edges. On the nose and on the palate a lot of complexity with primary aromas of black fruit and tertiary aromas of petrol and caramel. Being near outdated, this dry wine has a high acidity, medium tannins and high alcohol and is full-bodied with a long finish. Well-balanced, length and complexity but less intensity (1-1-1-0,75/1). Overall, still a good wine to drink now but without of much potential to age much longer.
Wine 7 : Reserva especial 2014
More of a classic Ribeira del Duero wine with clear medium deep ruby colour and black fruit aromas as well as flavours. Still developing, this is a dry wine with high acidity, high tannins, high alcohol and full-bodied with long with long finish. Still, it’s a well-balanced wine with great length, intensity and complexity. For immediate consumption or for ageing with a potentially of storing it for another 5 years at least.
Wine 8 : Abillo Arzuanga
Finally a white wine from the Ribeira del Duero ! Nice gold lemon colour with great primary aromas and flavours of peach, passion fruit and more herbal tones. Also, tertiary aromas and flavours can be found with tones of honey and caramel. Still developing, this dry wine has a high acidity, high alcohol and is full-bodied with a long finish. Great balance, length, intensity and complexity (1-1-1-1/1). Drink now or ageing potential of 3-5 years.
Wine 9 : Gran Reserva Ribeira del Duero 2004
A clear medium deep ruby wine meaned for ageing. Notable aromas and flavours of black fruit on the nose and the palate as well as secondary coffee toasted oak flavours. Green bell pepper tones can also be found on the palate. This developing, this is a dry wine with high acidity, medium tannins and high alcohol. Full-bodied wine with long finish. Well-balance, lengthy, nice intensity and complexity (1-1-1-1/1). It can be drunk now or with an ageing potential of 3 – 5 years.
Wine 10 : Amaya Arzuanga 2010
A clear medium deep ruby wine with well-pronounced aromas and flavours of black fruit. Still in a developing stage, the wine is dry, high in acidity, high tannins level and alcohol. Full-bodied with long finish. Great balance, length, intensity and complexity (1-1-1-1/1). It can be drunk now or with an ageing potential of 3 – 5 years.
