Cruz Del Pendon Ribera del Duero 2014
NEVER NEVER did we think the 96-POINT Cruz del Pendon would get anywhere near our office and warehouse. Nope. It’s too….hip...too….in demand...sommeliers all over the world scoop it up...I mean, maybe we could get some at $110...but check check check it out y’all --- it’s WAY OVER 50% OFF. That’s…..breathtaking. Do what you must and put it in the center of your cellar for special occasions...no one will know you paid DRASTICALLY, wildly less than the rest of the planet…
You ready? This thing is NOT for the faint of heart!! These farms have vines located at more than 900 meters of altitude, with more than 45 years of age, located on poor soils composed of clays, limestone, sand and gravel. No expense is spared at the winery, and it is somewhat like strapping into a rocket headed for space...so much plum, violet, perfume, incense and powerful presence -- this 100% Tempranillo is a RIDE! Spicy, creamy, laser-fresh all simultaneously...NOW we get why everyone falls all over themselves to snag this! When we popped this sample some months back (the wine just arrived direct from Spain), it was one of those wines where everyone thought: “I’m taking this home tonight…” There was some arm-wrestling, but luckily nothing escalated.
BUT IT’S THAT GOOD! And the price is AB-surd….OK, outta here...love you guys like we love this deal!
Deep ruby red colour, clean and bright. Intense and complex on the nose. Vibrant ripe black fruit (blackberries, plums) with floral violet hints. A tremendously expressive ensemble subtly combined with spicy and creamy notes.
Fresh, silky, fruity and round. Broad on the palate, the wine opens the way to long-lasting fruit and scrubland flavours.
Technical Details
Country: SpainRegion: Castilla y Leon
Appellation: Ribera del Duero
Varietal: Tempranillo
Aging/Cooperage: 18 months in second-year French oak barrels (500 and 225 litres)
Alcohol: 14.50%
About The Producer
Perfection, dynamism and restlessness, these few words sum up the character of our family, “the Luis Cañas family”.
Fruit of the restless character of the winemaker, Juan Luis Cañas, we have produced Dominio de Cair, a new challenge which can be expressed in a single goal, to make great wines in an exceptional land, the Ribera del Duero region. A project which springs from a passion for the vineyard and is culminated by the creation of this wine cellar.
A land, Ribera del Duero, in which Juan Luis searched high and low until he found the vineyards he had dreamed of. Old vines, some over a hundred years’ old. Old vines, low in yield, but generous in character, giving their best in every cluster.
In our winery we have always believed that you need a great land to make a great wine. On this basis the Bodegas Dominio de Cair were set up in 2008. A modern cellar, with ultra-modern architecture, in which nothing has been left to chance, where every detail has been designed to provide what really matters, ideal conditions for creating wines of exceptional quality.
Wines which, in such a short period of time, have already won prizes at national and international level.
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