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Miguel Merino

Miguel Merino - Rioja Reserva
Tempranillo from Rioja, Spain

95% Tempranillo and 5% Graciano grown in a 1960s vineyard on limestone soils. Grapes are hand-harvested, fermented in barrel with malolactic completed, and aged for two years in American oak (70% new with French oak "heads"), with racking every six months. Three years in bottle before releasing. 8,...

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DB4837-18

Miguel Merino - Rioja Gran Reserva
Tempranillo from Rioja, Spain
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Miguel Merino - Rioja Blanco
Viura from Rioja, Spain
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DB4835-22

Miguel Merino - Rioja Vitola Reserva
Tempranillo from Rioja, Spain

Vitola Reserva comes from vines planted in the 1970s, in slopes facing northwest. Soils are very poor, far from the Ebro river, and very rocky. The wine is made of 96% Tempranillo with 4% Graciano (for acidity.) It ages for two years in French oak (30% new), and the rest in bottle, before release...

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DB4836-20

Miguel Merino - Rioja Vinas Jovenes
Tempranillo from Rioja, Spain

Mostly Tempranillo, with some Garnacha, and Graciano from "El Rincon" a vineyard in the South of Briones, a small village in Rioja Alta; vines are between 10-20 years old. Grapes are hand harvested, handsorted and fermented in stainless steel tanks. Aged for 12 months in "second-use" 500L barrels...

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DB4839-22

Miguel Merino - Rioja La Quinta Cruz
Carignan from Rioja, Spain
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Miguel Merino - Rioja La Loma
Tempranillo from Rioja, Spain
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DB4842-22

Miguel Merino - Rioja La Insula
Garnacha from Rioja, Spain

The third vintage of this particular cuvee. 100% Garnacha from La Insula, a tiny plot of ungrafted vines on a sand bank beside the River Ebro. Hand harvested, fermented with 25% whole clusters and indigenous yeasts. The wine was racked into a 500-litre oak barrels and aged for 14 months. Malolactic...

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DB4840-22

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