DUARTE

Wine type: Red wine.

Vineyard characteristics:

• Varieties: 60% Bobal, 40% dry-farmed Tempranillo, bush-trained.
• Vineyard age: 35 years.
• Soil: Sand and gravel.

Winemaking:

• Hand-harvested into 18 kg crates.
• The Tempranillo ferments as whole, unstemmed grapes, using carbonic maceration. It is left to ferment for 10 days and then pressed.
• The Bobal is destemmed, crushed and fermented on the skins for 3 days. It is then pressed and fermentation is completed in stainless steel tanks.
• Once fermentation is complete, the wines are blended and aged in a 2,000-litre stainless-steel tank for 5 months.
• Unfined, unfiltered, with no added sulphites.

Tasting notes:

• APPEARANCE: light-bodied, with red and violet hues.
• NOSE: Floral aromas, especially violet, and herbaceous notes such as hay, alongside dark berry fruit such as currants.
• PALATE: Ripe red fruit on the entry, followed by an intense palate with pleasant tannins and a long finish of ripe red fruit.

Food pairing:

• Iberian appetisers, semi-aged and aged cheeses, rice dishes, grilled vegetables, potatoes, mushrooms, pasta with sauces, gourmet burgers, white meat, red meat and game.