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Pago de Carraovejas

At the end of the 1980s Jose Maria Ruiz realised his dream of creating a winery to produce wines in the heart of the Ribera del Duero. On the slopes of Carraovejas next to the Castillo de Peñafiel, what was then a modest winery was born and in 1991, its first vintage, it harvested just 70,000 kg of wine....

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Tasting notes

Look

Purple red trimmed the same color.

Smell

Complex nose evoking red fruits, notes of milk, toast and spices.

Taste

Powerful and elegant, well structured and balanced.

Information

Ageing

Crianza
Appellation

Ribera del Duero
Grape

Tinto fino, Merlot
Country

Spain
Recommended Pairing

Stewed meats, Roast meats, Cheeses, Sausages, Cured cheeses, Meats
Zones

Castilla y León
Alcohol

14%
Ocasiones

¡Felicidades!
VIVINO Points

4,7
Tipo de Vino

Tinto

Pago De Carraovejas La Cuesta De Las Liebres

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Vintage

2019

Size

Bottle 75 cl. + Case

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Description of Pago De Carraovejas La Cuesta De Las Liebres

Elaborated only in unique vintages. Pago de Carraovejas viticulture takes on the challenge of nature. A radical wine, with roots. Elegant, powerful and very persistent. An authentic wine. Cuesta de las Liebres defines the virtues of this steep slope and extreme viticulture. The vineyard is guided in a vertical goblet, surrounded by the scrubland. At Pago de Carraovejas they wanted to emphasize the complexity and strength of this wine with which they feel that, year after year, they are reaching new heights of commitment to nature, our land and its history. Their most precise and pure vineyard.

Ideal pairing

Meats
Cured cheeses, Cheeses
Sausages
Roast meats
Stewed meats

Making notes Pago De Carraovejas La Cuesta De Las Liebres

Notas del Viñedo

Planted in vertical vessel, the vines of the slope of the lies Remon - as a pronounced hillside. In the upper part limit with a dense pine forest in which several species of birds and mammals of autochthonous fauna live. The floors are of limestone, with loans of calcareous salts of a very characteristic whitish tone. This tertiary geology, united to the extreme weather of the plateau, are essential elements for the vineyard to transmit a character full of energy and authenticity.

Making notes

The alcoholic and malolactic fermentations were carried out in small wooden tubs, with autochthonous yeasts of our farm to show and highlight the personality of the terroir. The wine remained 24 months in new French oak oak barrels of extrafine grain. The Harvest Harvest of the 2015 Liebres was bottled in the spring of 2018.