Tempranillo, Garnacha, Bobal
75cl * Organic & Vegan * 14% ABV * Ribera Del Duero, Spain
This is a field blend red, vines growing in the same plot but of different origin. Here Tempranillo, Garnacha and Bobal all grow together at an altitude of over 860 metres. Perfect elevation to temper the heat of a Spanish summer.
The vines are all over 50 years old, giving the grapes the benefit of added concentration and the sandy clay/limestone soils make the vines struggle just enough to produce really high quality fruit.
Picaro is also organic, with no herbicides, pesticides or any synthetic products used in the viticulture and likewise with the vinification. The grapes were hand-harvested, foot-trodden and then fermented over 8-9months in barrel using natural yeasts. The wine is then aged for a further 19 months in French oak barrels, 15% of which are new.
This is a very fresh style of Ribera which aims for elegance over heavy extraction. It will be a little lighter than the usual Ribera but will be unique and a wonderfully fruity expression of this low intervention wine making. Expect to taste blackberry, blueberry and dark cherry combined with the more earthier tones of spices, vanilla and chalky tannins. I think this wine would go perfect with a slow roasted lamb or grilled aubergines; or both.