Bodegas Peique Bierzo Ramon Valle 2012
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The 2012 Ramón Valle is pure Mencía aged for seven months in a combination of French, American and Russian oak. The nose is clean, with well-integrated oak, intermixed with flowers and wild berry aromas. The medium-bodied palate is juicy and fresh, with very fine tannins. 2012 was a shorter vintage, with 30,000 bottles were produced.
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.