Pipon Tempranillo/Monastrell 2007
Product Details
Your Rating
Somm Note
Winemaker Notes
Purple red in color with notes of earth and spice on the nose. The palate is medium bodied with rich black berries and meaty characteristics. An easy drinking, everyday red that is made for food. Enjoy with meats and cheeses, chicken, pasta, stews and meat casseroles.
The winery is located in the southwest of the provence of Valencia, in the river Clariano district, which comes under the "Valencia" DO. The Bodega was founded in 1999. Its motivation was that of building up a winery entirely based on our own vineyards, so as to produce wines by our own extensive work, beginning with our vines and ending with the satisfaction of the customers who taste our wines. At present Bodegas Enguera possesses 160 hectares of its own vineyards, distributed between two specific areas. The first lies in the municipality of Fontanars dels Alforins, where we have approximately 60 ha in the Casa Corones and Casa Lluch properties. The second is in the municipality of Enguera; there we have some 100 ha located in various properites, the most important of which are the Antolin, Banona, Benali, Tonuna and Venta Corrales.
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.