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Hacienda el Olmo Rioja Tempranillo 2018
BOTTLE:
$31.00
Out of stock
SKU
74897
HALF-DOZEN: $176.70 or $29.45 each
DOZEN: $334.80 or $27.90 each
DOZEN: $334.80 or $27.90 each
Hacienda el Olmo ('estate of the elm tree') is a special selection project, styled from the 360 hectares owned by Bodegas la Eralta, based in the south-eastern village of Agoncillo (15km south east of Logroño. This project is headed up by none other then Scott Wasley of Spanish Acquisition here in Melbourne. For those of you who recgonise the name you may be familiar with his two releases of Albello Sherry which is some of the best coming out of Spain. There is no doubt the quality in this production as well.
Gently fermented, it spends three weeks of temperature-controlled maceration, before ageing 14 months in new and old oak, mainly French. It's purity of expression as genuine Rioja (Tempranillo + Terroir) and lack of winery artefact ensures it stands out from the pack of industrial crianzas.
Some earth and leather wander through strawberry and cherry, tobacco, earth, brush and undergrowth. There's a gorgeous sweet seeds/tannin character effortlessly expressing the wine's perfect ripeness, with an open, freely flowing palate framed by gentle grip and terrific natural acid freshness. The depth is impressive, with no heaviness, it's all savoury glide and maintains a charming openness. While tannin and oak have contributed no doubt to the deft mouthfeel, it's almost invisibly /structured, super-subtle and unaffected. SCOTT WASLEY, The Spanish Acquisition
Gently fermented, it spends three weeks of temperature-controlled maceration, before ageing 14 months in new and old oak, mainly French. It's purity of expression as genuine Rioja (Tempranillo + Terroir) and lack of winery artefact ensures it stands out from the pack of industrial crianzas.
Some earth and leather wander through strawberry and cherry, tobacco, earth, brush and undergrowth. There's a gorgeous sweet seeds/tannin character effortlessly expressing the wine's perfect ripeness, with an open, freely flowing palate framed by gentle grip and terrific natural acid freshness. The depth is impressive, with no heaviness, it's all savoury glide and maintains a charming openness. While tannin and oak have contributed no doubt to the deft mouthfeel, it's almost invisibly /structured, super-subtle and unaffected. SCOTT WASLEY, The Spanish Acquisition