Tardencuba Toro Roble 2008
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The Austin Powers Mini-Me version of Tardencuba's crianza, this 100 percent tinta de toro has a similar severity and austere fruit character. It is more approachable on the palate, with juicy red fruit flavors framed by an intense and vibrant acidity.
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For their top wines Tardencuba uses only ungrafted centennial vines. The soil is is rocky, with numerous boulders. There are are an average of 12 feet of soil until the vine's roots can extend and reach the bedrock. This dry and barren soil is immune to attack by phylloxera and to this day all the old vines have their original rootstock (ungrafted). Yields are low, an average of only 2-3 lbs per plant. The vineyards are not irrigated.
The grapes are picked by hand at dawn in small 40 lbs cases. Fermentation takes place in small concrete tanks, plot by plot, to preserve its individuality. Only native yeasts are used. and fermentation is spontaneous. The wines are bottled without fining or filtration, direct into the bottle from the casks.
Spanish red wine is known for being bold, heady, rustic and age-worthy, Spain is truly a one-of-a-kind wine-producing nation. A great majority of the country is hot, arid and drought-ridden, and since irrigation has only been recently introduced and (controversially) accepted, viticulture has sustained—and flourished—only through a great understanding of Spain’s particular conditions. Large spacing between vines allows each enough resources to survive and as a result, the country has the most acreage under vine compared to any other country, but is usually third in production.
Of the Spanish red wines, the most planted and respected grape variety is Tempranillo, the star of Spain’s Rioja and Ribera del Duero regions. Priorat specializes in bold red blends, Jumilla has gained global recognition for its single varietal Monastrell and Utiel-Requena has garnered recent attention for its reds made of Bobal.