Senorio de San Vicente 2018 Tempranillo, Rioja DOCa, Spain
Item Number: 20 60 693 18
Senorio de San Vicente 2018 Tempranillo, Rioja DOCa, Spain
A modern classic Rioja, produced from a single vineyard.
Quick Taste
- 94 Points!
- 100% Tempranillo Peludo
- Low Yield, Single Vineyard
- "Powerful, oak-spiced cherry cola, blackberry, potpourri and vanilla scents"
- "incredibly impressive Rioja offering brilliant purity"
About Senorio de San Vicente 2018 Tempranillo, Rioja DOCa, Spain
Practicing organic dry farmed viticulture with certain selective biodynamic practices. Vineyards trained as spur-pruned goblet vines as well as high density trellises. Manual work and harvest, with no mechanization whatsoever. The 2018 Vintage made from 100% Tempranillo Peludo is grown in calcareous clay soils that are typical to the Sonsierra Riojana. Limestone rich clay soils that are sandwiched between large slabs of lime-sandstone mother rock.
The grapes undergo rigorous double-manual sorting, both before and after destemming. 100% of the clusters are destemmed, but not crushed. Fermentation is carried out in 20,000L French oak vats (neutral) and is inoculated with neutral yeasts that have been isolated and cultured from the family's vineyards and cellars.
94 Points from Vinous saying "Powerful, oak-spiced cherry cola, blackberry, potpourri and vanilla scents show sharp definition and pick up a smoky aspect with air. Seamless and penetrating on the palate, offering intense red and dark fruit, floral pastille and mocha flavors and a touch of exotic spices. Shows excellent focus and spicy drive on a long, supple finish framed by finely interwoven tannins. All new oak, 90% French and 10% American.”
Jeb Dunnuck scored this 93 points saying "The 2018 San Vicente is 100% Tempranillo Peludo. It's another deep purple-hued, incredibly impressive Rioja offering brilliant purity in its cassis and currant fruit as well as notes of spicy wood, licorice, tobacco leaf, and chocolaty aromas and flavors. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, this elegant, balanced, pure, graceful Rioja will keep for a decade."
The grapes undergo rigorous double-manual sorting, both before and after destemming. 100% of the clusters are destemmed, but not crushed. Fermentation is carried out in 20,000L French oak vats (neutral) and is inoculated with neutral yeasts that have been isolated and cultured from the family's vineyards and cellars.
94 Points from Vinous saying "Powerful, oak-spiced cherry cola, blackberry, potpourri and vanilla scents show sharp definition and pick up a smoky aspect with air. Seamless and penetrating on the palate, offering intense red and dark fruit, floral pastille and mocha flavors and a touch of exotic spices. Shows excellent focus and spicy drive on a long, supple finish framed by finely interwoven tannins. All new oak, 90% French and 10% American.”
Jeb Dunnuck scored this 93 points saying "The 2018 San Vicente is 100% Tempranillo Peludo. It's another deep purple-hued, incredibly impressive Rioja offering brilliant purity in its cassis and currant fruit as well as notes of spicy wood, licorice, tobacco leaf, and chocolaty aromas and flavors. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, this elegant, balanced, pure, graceful Rioja will keep for a decade."
Wine Details
- Alcohol % 13.5%
- Bottle Size 750 ml
- Wine Type Red
- Country Spain
- Region Rioja
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