Joanes de Bargota Reserva 1.995

Grape variety: 80% Tempranillo, 20% Old Garnacha
Alcoholic content: 13.3
PH: 3.70
Total acidity: 5.30

Vinification process:
The grapes used to make this wine come from plants over 30 years of age. The average harvest per hectare is less than 5000 KG. The vineyards are planted at over 600 metres altitude and the climate is combination of the contrast between high temperatures during the day and the cool temperatures at night. This produces a grape of great colour intensity, fruity and delicate tannins and a high tartaric acidity which enables long ageing in the bottle.
Whole grape stripping is used. Maceration in stainless steel vats at controlled temperatures is lengthy and remounting is short to extract the tannin without losing the fruity character of the grape.

Ageing:
It spends 20 months in American oak casks of varied age so as not to ruin the bouquet with excessive tannin from the oak. The wine is decanted twice towards this end. It then spends 36 months in bottles in the bodega cellar.

Wine-tasting note:
Medium depth cherry colour, clean and brilliant with a slight touch of clay-red. It’s frank and elegant in the nose with aromas of ripe fruit to the fore. It has tones of vanilla and coffee with a slight trace of pepper that adds a certain liveliness and youth.

It’s warm and ample in the mouth, silky at first with a lively and youthful finish. The tannin is delicate and fruity. It still contains potent structure which ensures several years of positive evolution.