Vina Rufina Alta Gama Gran Reserva (2015)

Vina Rufina Alta Gama Gran Reserva

Vina Rufina Alta Gama Gran Reserva is complex with dark red berries and fruity in harmonious balance.

Scent: The dark red color sends lovely notes of sweet dark berries up the glass.
Taste: The 36 months in barrel show characteristics with soft notes of dark red berries where tannins are balanced in delicious harmony, with a long complex aftertaste.
Server for: Red meat and game

The wine:

Produced in limited quantities and made exclusively from selected Tempranillo grapes. The grapes come from wine fields where the soil consists of lime, clay with lots of small stones that provide good drainage of the soil. The climate is continental with influence from the Atlantic Ocean. The sea produces large temperature fluctuations between day and night in both summer and winter. The grapes are picked manually from vines that have an average age of between 80 and 100 years. Fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks with temperature control of 28 g - 30 g. The wine was then aged for 36 months in French and American oak casks and bottled for 30 months before release.

About the Vinhuset:

Bodegas Santa Rufina is located in Cubillas de Santa Marta in Valladolid and belongs to the designation of origin DO Cigales. The company is a family business, which was founded in 1997. However, their wines only came on the market in 2003.
The winery has over 90 ha of vineyards, of which 80% is planted with Tempranillo, 10% with Merlot, 5% with Cabernet Sauvignon and the remaining 5% with the two white wine grapes Verdejo and Albillo.
The vineyards are all located around the winery, which reduces the transport time from when the grapes are harvested until they are received and processed at the winery. The soil consists of sand, limestone and white clay. Both the climate with high temperature differences from night to day and the stony soil conditions, which during the night give off the heat that the earth has absorbed during the day, make the vineyards particularly suitable for growing grapes.