Ribera del Duero

2019
Spain
Castilla y León

A blend of Tempranillo with about 10-15% Cabernet Sauvignon and smaller portions of Merlot and Malbec from 15-30 year old vines in clay limestone (730m). Grapes are hand harvested, strict selection, partially destemmed, whole berry fermentation with natural yeasts in tank with 20 day maceration. Aged for 18 months in French oak barrels and 25% new.

93 points
"The Cosecha bottling from this warm slope close to Pesquera de Duero is Tinto Finobased with 12% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Merlot. Full-bodied, yet elegant, it always has something of a Right Bank Bordeaux feel to it, with aromas of coffee bean and cigar wrapper, refined 25% new wood, dried herb and cassis flavours and a spicy Mediterranean twist. 2024-30"
Tim Atkin,
Tim Atkin
Ribera Del Duero Report
94 points
"The 2019 Hacienda Monasterio is floral, aromatic and precise, showing good but contained ripeness, with 15% alcohol. It's a similar blend as in previous years—80% Tinto Fino, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot and 2% Malbec. This is the first vintage they used their new 10,000-liter oak vat, so there are more lots fermented separately and then blended to create this cuvée that shows very good balance, juiciness, concentration, structure and power but with freshness and balance. Their idea is to gradually replace the Merlot with Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon, but that's going to be a slow process. They have 12 different soils classified on the property, and in 2019 they selected different soils for each wine, something that was not done in 2017; there will be more changes in this direction in the future. 182,666 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2021."
Luis Gutiérrez,
Wine Advocate
10/29/2021

SKU/Code: 
DB3579-19
Product Line: 
Wine
Red
Varietal: 
Tempranillo
Farming Type: 
Organic