ARROCAL PARAJE LOS COLMENARES

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Appellation
Ribera del Duero D.O.
Grape(s)
100% Tinto Fino, averaging 30-years-old from three vineyards (Olivo – Carraquintana – Cuesta Rubial)
Altitude/Soil
890 meters / calcareous / clay soils
Farming Methods
Practicing Organic
Harvest
Early Harvest. The three vineyards are harvested and fermented separately
Production
Soft maceration and the final blend is carried out, giving rise to the profile that best represent the slopes of the Colmenares
Aging
Aged for 12 months in French oak  barrels and 3,000 L Foudres
Suggested Retail Price
$47
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ARROCAL PARAJE LOS COLMENARES 2023
93 (RP)
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93 The Wine Advocate The 2023 Paraje Los Colmenares wants to capture the environment, not only the soil or grapes, and is composed of Tinto Fino only. It comes from three young-ish plots (planted in 1992 and 2010) in a valley called Valle de los Colmenares that is full of trees and aromatic plants of flowers, a place with a tradition of beehives and located at 856 to 889 meters in altitude. This shows a little more ripeness (I'm taking about perception, not really the 13.8% alcohol), but the profile is quite similar to the village wine; it has purity and elegance and is juicy, velvety, seamless and very pleasant, with a faint bitter twist in the finish. All the wines are fermented in the same way, by plot and with indigenous yeasts, and aged in oak containers of different shapes and sizes. 26,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2024.
Luis Gutierrez – The Wine Advocate; Jun 19, 2025
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