Viña Bosconia Reserva 2009

Tasting note

This wine has evolved perfectly showing a deep ruby colour with shades of orange. Its nose is persistent, full bodied and showing a lot of mature fruit, being dominated by the Tempranillo grape. Its taste is round, smooth, fresh, full of body and persistent.

Grape Varieties: Tempranillo (80%), Garnacho (15%), Mazuelo and Graciano, the remainder, all from our own vineyards.

Ageing period in barrels: 5 years, being racked twice a year and fined with fresh egg whites.

Ageing period in bottle: Rest, unfiltered, bottled in 75 cl. bottles.

Alcohol Volume: 13.5% Vol.

Total Acidity: 6.5 g/l.

Residual Sugar: Very Dry.

Gastronomy: Perfect with roasted and highly flavoured meats, lamb and game.

Storage Temperature: 10 years in perfect conditions of constant temperature (57ºF / 14ºC) and humidity (75-80%).

Serving Temperature:  64,5º to 68ºF (18 - 20ºC) always depending on mood and place.

Quantity made: 80,000 bottles.

• Extremely famous wines that were released late on the market and Rioja's most famous traditionalist.
• You have your own clone selection and only reproduce wine old logs.
• Everything is harvested by hand and collected in special containers made of poplar wood.
• Cultured yeast is never used.
• The wine is fermented without temperature control (you only open the windows to cool the temperature) at temperatures up to 35 degrees, thus unusually hot.
• You have your own binder and you repair and keep alive your old barrels which are often mixed old and new rods always American oak. New barrels are never used for storage.
• You avoid getting a barrel character and love old barrels.
• The dishes are always medium roasted.
• Crianza is 4 years on tap and Reservan 6 years.
• The wine is turned every six months and you avoid unnecessary movement of the barrels you are so afraid of.• Always clear in the classic way with egg white.
• The wines are always bottled completely unfiltered, both red and white.
• No cooling stabilization. 
• The Gran Reserva wines are stored in a separate cellar with lots of cellar mushrooms that are radiant air purifiers.
• The white wines you produce are the only one of their kind in the world and the white Gran Reserva wine has been on tap for 10 years.
• These white wines are extremely durable and the 1970s are in glorious antiquity today.
• The vines are exceptionally old and in Vina Gravonia between 90 and 100 years old.