Val Sanzo T-Sanzo 2007
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The 2007 T-Sanzo Tempranillo was naturally fermented and aged in French and American oak for six months. It exhibits an expressive perfume of wood smoke, pencil lead, violets, cinnamon, incense, and blackberry. This leads to a mouth-filling, generous, richly-fruited wine with lots of spice, superb balance, and a lengthy fruit-filled finish. Drink it from 2011 to 2019. It is a terrific value.
The wine expert, Javier Rodriguez - the architect of the project - produces high quality wines with an excellent value, in collaboration with technical experts from different wineries belonging to some of the most important D.O districts like Rueda, Rioja, Toro, Ribera del Duero, Priorat or Vinos de la Tierra de Castilla y Leen in Spain and Douro in Portugal. One important goal for Javier Rodríguez is to respect and reflect the different characteristics of each of the terroirs the grapes come from.
Javier Rodrigue's methodology manages to create a combination of fruity palates balanced out with the contribution from the wood barrels. Rodriguez Sanzo S.L has an original, diverse selection of barrels, with which it aims to bestow aroma on its wines, respecting the grapes and all the sensations they evoke at all times.
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.