Martinez Lacuesta Hinia Rioja 2012

Name: Martinez Lacuesta Hinia Rioja 2012
SKU: 6395
Availability: InStock

€31.00

Bodegas Martínez Lacuesta was founded in 1895 in Haro by Félix Martínez Lacuesta. A winemaker, lawyer, politician and publicist, he was the first president of the National Association of Winegrowers and Wine Industries, as well as of the Rioja Wine Union.

He was also one of the creators of the Regulating Board of D.O. Rioja, where he represented his fellow winemakers.

The philosophy of this century-old winery is to produce the best wines from the best grapes. To do so, they have plots distributed throughout Rioja Alta, searching for the best vineyards and buying, up until this day, new plots to plant new vines.

Martínez Lacuesta Reserva is a wine made from Tempranillo, Graciano and Mazuelo, from vineyards located at 450-600 metres of altitude. Their vines, of an average of 25 years old, are planted on clayey-calcareous soils.

Suitable to accompany white or red meats, fishes with sauce, grilled meat or vegetables

Categories: Graciano, Mazuelo, Red Wine, Rioja, Spain, Tempranillo Tags: #Classic, #Graciano, #Mazuelo, #Redwine, #Rioja, #Spain, #Tempranillo

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Tasting Notes from Pinto Wines
Colour	Intense cherry red colour with a marked garnet edge
Nose	Ripe black fruit, an elegant range of balsamic notes with tobacco leaves, caramel, vanilla and chocolate
Palate	Confirms the nose on teh palate, fresh, well balanced acidity. Very smooth tanins
Fact Sheet
Size	75 cl
Grape Variety	85% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo
Alcohol %	13.5%
Style	Classic old School Rioja
Estate/Producer	Bodegas Martínez Lacuesta
Country / Region	Spain / La Rioja
Vintage	2012
Vinification	Manual harvesting of the selected vineyards began in late September. After carefully packing the grapes into boxes, they were taken to the winery in refrigerated vehicles for a non-intrusive destemming and pressing. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation took place naturally in American oak vats with the resulting wines prepared for a new blending in January 2013. The wine was aged for 36 months in American oak casks. It was manually decanted six times and bottled in December 2016.
Cellaring/Ageing Potential	Within drinking window
Closure	Natural Cork