Bodegas El Indiano El Brozal 2008

Tempranillo from Rioja, Spain

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Winemaker Notes

2008 marks the first year of biodynamic practices for El Brozal vineyard. El Brozal produces wines of unique tannic structure full of spice and black pepper.

Varietal blend: a field blend of 80% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano, 10% Garnacha.

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The 2008 Brozal is a field blend of 80% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano, and 10% Garnacha aged for 10 months in 50% new French oak. Deep crimson-colored, it offers up aromas of damp earth, mineral, espresso, spice box, black cherry, and blackberry. Layered on the palate with ample succulent fruit, it has excellent concentration, faultless balance, and enough structure to evolve for 3-5 years. It will offer a drinking window extending from 2013 to 2023.

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This takes the bold stance of a bullfighter, sleek and focused, finely made. The flavors lead with cranberry and bright geeen herbs- they have the spicy zing of parsley fresh from the garden. The tannins carry youthful minerality, savory and long. Suited to several years of age or to roast game birds.

Bodegas El Indiano

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Brozal (red) is a single vineyard wine made by Bodegas Indiano in the DO of Rioja (town of El Villar). It is located within the Alavesa subzone of Rioja. El Brozal is one of the few single vineyard wines made in Rioja Alavesa. El Brozal sings with clarity the music of this specific area. The accent of black crush pepper spice, its structure and intense silky fruit makes Brozal not only an incredible Rioja jewel, but also a wine that speaks the language of a specific vineyard that delivers flavors that other neighboring vineyards do not communicate. El Brozal is a joint proyect of Michael Quinlan, Alberto Orte, Patrick Mata and David Sampedro. The small 3.2 acre vineyard sets the limit to a yearly production of 700 to 900 cases of 6 bottles. The history of this vineyard dates back to Roman times.

Rioja Tempranillo

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Hailed as the star red variety in Spain’s most celebrated wine region, Tempranillo from Rioja, or simply labeled, “Rioja,” produces elegant wines with complex notes of red and black fruit, crushed rock, leather, toast and tobacco, whose best examples are fully capable of decades of improvement in the cellar.

Rioja wines are typically a blend of fruit from its three sub-regions: Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Oriental, although specific sub-region (zonas), village (municipios) and vineyard (viñedo singular) wines can now be labeled. Rioja Alta and Alavesa, at the highest elevations, are considered to be the source of the brightest, most elegant fruit, while grapes from the warmer and drier, Rioja Oriental, produce wines with deep color, great body and richness.

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