Martinez Lacuesta Cuvée Crianza 2019

CATA's notes:

• Of color Picota cherry red with garnet trim and abundant tears.
• Nose: A still glass highlights aromas of fruit in compote (plum, strawberry), after aerating appear sweet spices vanilla and cinnamon as well as toasted characteristic of its long time in the barrel.
• In mouth has a smooth entry with medium acidity and good fruit load, it shows silky with very polished tannins. Final long and very persistent with vanilla and pepper aftertaste and a delicious aftertaste.

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Development and Aging

100% Tempranillo from our vineyards located in the municipality of Haro in the heart of Rioja Alta.
We choose only those bunches with the best levels of maturity, which were brought to the winery in 20 kg boxes.
A traditional vinification was used, with destemming, light squeezing and fermentation in tanks.
At the beginning of 2020, the wine was transferred to American oak barrels, where it matured for 16 months. The wine was racked three times using traditional gravity methods.

Curiosities:

during the 80s the Martínez Lacuesta Special Reserves they became known as the wine of Kings and Popes , since our wines were served at all trips and at most gala dinners, visits by foreign leaders or at Christmas. This is attested to by numerous official lunch and dinner menus as well as commemorative labels from those years: trip to Santiago de Compostela by his SS Juan Pablo II in 1982, trip to Spain by his SS Juan Pablo II in 1989, trip by SS.MM. the Kings of Spain to Bangkok and many others.