SECUA SYRAH / MERLOT

DESCRIPTION: THE SMALL DO UCLES REMAINS HIDDEN IN THE SHADOW OF THE GREAT MANCHEGAN APPELLATIONS, ALMOST IN ANONYMITY. HALFWAY BETWEEN ARANJUEZ AND CUENCA, FINCA LA ESTACADA BENEFITS FROM THE GOODNESS OF THE CONTINENTAL CLIMATE OF MEDITERRANEAN INFLUENCE AND WINES LIKE THIS ONE SHOW HOW UNFAIR IS THE DISREGARD TO WHICH TOO OFTEN SMALL APPELLATIONS ARE SUBJECTED.
FOR THE ELABORATION OF THIS LA ESTACADA SYRAH-MERLOT FAMILY HARVEST, ONLY THE BEST BUNCHES OF BOTH VARIETIES ARE CHOSEN AND AFTER BEING DESTEMMED, THE MUST OF THE GRAPES MACERATES WITH THE SKINS FOR 5 DAYS. FERMENTATION TAKES ABOUT A WEEK AND IS FOLLOWED BY A SECOND PHASE OF MACERATION WITH THE SKINS. AT THE FIRST VISUAL CONTACT WITH A GLASS, IT IS EASY TO APPRECIATE ALL THE GOOD WORK OF MACERATION IN THE CELLAR: THIS IS A DARK AND INTENSE WINE, WHICH THE TIME IN THE BOTTLE ENHANCES AND THE PERFECT BALANCE OF THE GRAPES ALLOWS THE ESSENCE OF THE FRUIT TO SHINE IN ALL ITS SPLENDOR. THE USUAL RIPENESS AND BALSAMIC TONES OF WARM CLIMATE SYRAH WINES (JAM AND MINT) COMBINE WITH THE ELEGANT GREEN TONES (PEPPERS AND BLANCHED TOMATOES) OF THE MERLOT GRAPE TO CREATE A HARMONIOUS WHOLE WITH A LOT OF LIFE AHEAD OF IT.

THE 10 MONTHS OF OAK IN ALLIER BARRELS ARE BARELY NOTICEABLE IN THE SUBTLE TOASTED AND SPICY TONES THAT DRESS THE SEASONED FRUIT; HOWEVER, THEY DO LEAVE THEIR MARK ON THE TACTILE SENSATIONS AND VOLUME OF THE WINE.

Size: 750 mL
% Alcohol: 14.5%
Unit: 12

AGEING: 8 MONTHS

Grape: SYRAH / MERLOT

Tasting Notes: ROUND AND FINELY BITTER, THIS IS A WINE CAPABLE OF SEDUCING A LARGE NUMBER OF FANS OF STRUCTURED RED WINES WITH CHARACTER. PAIRINGS: ROASTED PEPPERS / MEAT STEWS / ROAST PIGEON