Alegre y Valgañón ‘Bahierra’ Single Vineyard field blend 2020

Name: Alegre y Valgañón ‘Bahierra’ Single Vineyard field blend 2020
Brand: Alegre y Valgañón
SKU: TSAVALGANON1
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About this Wine

Located in the tiny pueblo of Villaseca, on the municipal footprint of Fonzaleche, Baherra is just north of Sajazarra, and features cold stony limey soil. It's a tiny 0.45 hectare field blend vineyard, planted 100 years ago to roughly 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha and 10% Viura and other unknown cultivars. Total yield is 1-1.5 tonnes (harvested in October).

Mostly hand de-stemmed, about 15% of whole bunches are retained, then fermented by native yeasts and macerated for 2 weeks in two open 500 litre French oak barrels, then gently vertical pressed, racked and aged 14 months in the same barrels. It's aged a little over a year in French oak foudre, then gravity-bottled, unfiltered and unfined, with little sulphur. Eva and Oscar made this wine separately for 3 years (then blended it away) as 'practise' before bottling a definitive first release from 2016. 1,300 bottles.

Type	Red Wine
Varietal(s)	Tempranillo
Country	Spain
Region	Rioja
Brand	Alegre y Valgañón
Vintage	2020

Wines of Spain

With 2.9 million acres of land planted in wine grapes, Spain is the most widely planted wine producing nation and second largest producer in the world. Many styles of wine are produced in the country most of which are based on native grape varietals.

The two most famous regions are Rioja and Ribera del Duero for their Tempranillo production. Rioja Tempranillo (the classic) will be lighter and fresher with red fruit flavours as compared to those from Ribera del Duero that are often deep purple, higher in alcohol with more tannins and intense black fruit character. Rioja is also known for producing Garnacha (Grenache), as well as rich, nutty whites from the indigenous Viura varietal.

In the Catalonia region, Spain is recognized for making a sparkling wine in the traditional method but using native grape varieties. This is called Cava. Priorat, a subregion within Catalonia specializes in making still red blends of Garnacha, Carignan and often Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon in a bold and full-bodied style. Together with Rioja, wines from Priorat have achieved DOCa/DOQ status signifying their quality.

Sherry is Spain’s famous fortified wine which can either be completely dry, lusciously sweet or somewhere in between. This is made in the southern region of Jerez.

Other notable Spanish wine styles include: Monastrell (AKA. Mataro/Mourvèdre), produced in the Jumilla region and refreshing white Albariño and Verdejo from north western Galacia.

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