Winemaker Notes
Rebel.lia rebels against the rules, but without breaking them, and is free to express itself as it has behaved that year, always faithful to its philosophy of expressing the vintage.
Deep ruby color with purple hues on the rim. The bouquet displays medium intensity of red fruits, wild herbs and scrub with subtle of toast and smoke. Fresh and clean driven by mature red fruit that fills the mouth with ripe red plum, cherry and redberry /blackberry. Fine integrated tannins and alcohol with good weight of fruit resulting in a long, balanced finish.
Blend: 65% Tempranillo, 35% Garnacha Tintorera
Pair this wine along with appetizers, salads, embutidos/cured sausages, rice with poultry, pasta with vegetables and semi-cured cheeses.
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.