Winemaker Notes
This wine is sourced from a sub-parcel of the Santa Cruz vineyard's 100+ year old vines.
Super perfumed notes of violets and blackberries. The palate is seamless with extremely fine grained tannins. This beauty is built for aging.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2011 Vina Sastre Regina Vides is pure Tempranillo from vineyards averaging over 90 years of age, which matured for 18 months in new French oak. Unfortunately, the oak is at the forefront and combined with the very ripe and jammy black fruit, which lacks the freshness that I’d like to find in this bottle. The wine is powerful, a little too extracted, with abundant tannins, and shows a little warm toward the finish. Drink now-2018.
This family winery was created in 1992 around their 30 hectares of vineyards and has grown to 70 hectares of vineyards today. They produce archetypal, powerful, highly extractive and heavily oaked reds.
Notoriously food-friendly, long-lasting and Spain’s most widely planted grape, Tempranillo is the star variety of red wines from Rioja and Ribera del Duero. The Rioja terms Joven, Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva indicate both barrel and bottle time before release. Traditionally blended in Rioja with Garnacha, plus a bit of Mazuelo (Carignan) and Graciano, the Tempranillo in Ribera del Duero typically stands alone. Somm Secret—Tempranillo claims many different names depending on location. In Penedès, it is called Ull de Llebre and in Valdepeñas, goes by Cencibel. Known as Tinta Roriz in Portugal, Tempranillo plays an important role in Port wine.
Ribera del Duero, Spanish wine region, is located in northen Spain’s Castilla y León region, just a 2-hour drive from Madrid. While winemaking in this area goes back more than 2000 years, it was in the 1980s that 9 wineries applied for and were granted Denominación de Origen (D.O.) status. Today, more than 300 wineries call Ribera del Duero home, including some of Spain’s most iconic names.
Notable Facts Ribera’s main grape variety, Tempranillo, locally know as Tinto Fino, is perfectly suited to the extreme climate of the region, where it must survive scorching summers and frigid winters. Low yields resulting from conscientious tending to old vines planted in Ribera’s diverse soils types, give Ribera wines a distinctive depth and complexity not found in other Tempranillos. Rich and full-bodied, the spice, dark fruit and smoky flavors in a bold Ribera del Duero will pair well with roasted and grilled meats, Mexican food and tomato-based sauces.