2016 | Dominio del Aguila | Reserva

This Tempranillo-dominant blend is a beautifully refined Ribera del Duero red with expressive black fruit and floral aromatics together with gentle herbal complexity.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Quite different from the 2015 was the 2016 Reserva, a red from a cooler year with good yields, so they were able to increase production of this wine over twofold and increase the quality! It took some seven months to complete fermentation, and the élevage in barrel lasted some 29 months. It has an incredible nose, violets and something musky, intriguing, complex and nuanced, mysterious and difficult to define, with some notes reminiscent of soy sauce. The palate is seamless and with terrific balance, a silky texture and very fine but chalky tannins. This is an amazing Ribera del Duero.

• James Suckling: Violets, dried lavender, blackberries, cassis, cloves, cocoa and sandalwood on the nose. It’s full-bodied with firm, ripe tannins. Layered and concentrated, yet fresh and energetic.
  

Producer Information

Dominio del Águila is a wine estate and microbrewery based in the village of La Aguilera, in the Ribera del Duero wine region of northern central Spain. The winery was established by Jorge Monzón and Isabel Rodero. The pair make a range of wines, predominantly from the local staple Tinta del País (Tempranillo). Following enology studies in Bordeaux and Burgundy, along with stints at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Vega-Sicilia, Monzon spent nine years winemaking at fellow Ribera del Duero mainstay Bodega Arzuaga-Navarro. Then, in 2010, Monzon and partner Rodero established Dominio del Águila in the small village of La Aguilera. The pair make a small range of wines from 30 hectares (74 acres) of old vines around the village. Although Tempranillo is the most prevalent grape in the region, Dominio del Águila blanco is made from old vine Albillo while the Picaro del Águila Tinto and Clarete is a blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha, Bobal and Albillo (the latter is also known as Blanca del País). The Dominio del Águila Reserva is a similar blend of varieties (with Tempranillo predominant) albeit from the oldest vines on the property. The top wine is the single-vineyard Canta La Perdiz (aged as a Gran Reserva): a blend of Tempranillo, Cariñena, Bruñal, Bobal and Albillo. The bodega also produces a beer called Milagritos made partly from barley grown in the region and fermented with indigenous yeast.

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