Description
CVNE Real de Asua Carromaza, Rioja Alta, Spain, 2020
Grapes: 100% Tempranillo, 30 year old vines on a 2.37ha sandy plot in Carromaza (village of Villalba), hand harvested, wild yeast fermentation in old oak vats, malolactic in new French oak, aged 12 months in French oak (new & second use barrels)
Producer Tasting Note:
This is a cherry-coloured, brooding wine. The aromatic intensity gives us a wide range of aromas. We can find the fruits from the forest, highlighting blueberries and gooseberries, licorice and aromas from the ageing in French oak barrels, such as clove, smoked or roasted flavours, toffees, etc. Complex, floral, its entrance is smooth with a step marked by a tannin that is perfectly balanced with the unctuousness of the wine.
Critics' Tasting Notes:
"The second release on the Place de Bordeaux of this 'more modern' wine from the established Spanish winery says CVNE CEO and fifth-generation family member Victor Urrutia made from the 2.37ha plot of 30-year-old Tempranillo grapes known as Carromaza in the village of Villalba, 700m high in Rioja Alta. From the fresh and cool 2020 vintage, this is intensely fragrant, verging on heady aromatics on the nose; baked plum, strawberries and soft aniseed, cinnamon and clove spices. Supple and so smooth but with a crushed velvet edge giving weight and texture. Instantly satisfying on the palate with delicate, yet enrobing tannins that give structure and support but don't overwhelm the crunchy, ripe and fleshy fruit. Acidity is high and perfectly balances the warming underlying elements. Rich, sumptuous, seductive but with poise and nuance - everything feels well defined with the most delicious juiciness on the mid palate. Bright, shiny, alive and utterly drinkable. Wild yeast fermentation. Ageing 12 months in new and one year old French oak barrels. 3.6pH. 95 IPT."
Also rated 95/100 points by both Wine Independent and Jane Anson (Inside Bordeaux).
Compañia Vinicola del Norte de España (or CVNE, or Cune) is an historic wine producer in the Rioja region of Spain. The original winery was established in the railway district of Haro in 1879. The Asúa project pays tribute to the founders of CVNE, the Real de Asúa brothers. The Asúa wines are made exclusively with grapes from Haro, where the soils are clay-calcareous and clay-ferrous, a continental climate with a marked Atlantic influence and vineyards located over 500 meters above sea level.
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Additional Details
- SKU:
- SP74AR20
- Size:
- 75Cl
- ABV:
- 14%
- Closure:
- Cork
- Drink:
- Drinking well now
- Bottled:
- Winery
- Vintage:
- 2020
- Primary Grape/Blend:
- Tempranillo
- Influence of Oak:
- High
- Country:
- Spain
- Case Deals:
- Available
