2016 BODEGAS FERNANDO REMIREZ DE GANUZA FINCAS DE GANUZA RIOJA RESERVA

89% Tempranillo, 9% Graciano, 3% Mazuelo. 

26 months in 225-liter barrels - French (80%) and American (20%) oak | 60% new, 40% second use. 

Sourced from | Selected parcels in the foothills of Sierra Cantabria with an average age of over 60 years old Grapes sourced from vineyards with an average age of 60 years and low yields, located in the foothills of Sierra Cantabria. During manual harvest, bunches are transported in 12 kg boxes to temperature-regulated cooling chambers and stored for 24 hours before fermentation at 4Cº - 6Cº. The grapes are then manually selected on a sorting table. Each cluster is separated in shoulders and tips. This wine is made from destemmed Tempranillo shoulders. The fermentation is performed in stainless steel deposits and concrete tanks of different capacities and shapes. Malolactic fermentation is performed in barrel. The wine has aged for 26 months in 225-litre oak barrels.