2015 ASTIL CRIANZA BODEGAS LINAJEGARSEA, RIBERA DEL DUERO SPAIN

Category: Red (100% grape 2.015) Designation of Origin: Ribera del Duero Harvest Rating: Excellent (April 08, 2016) C.R.D.O. Varieties: 20% Tinta del País (47 years old) (Glass) 80% Tempranillo Ink (25 and 27 years old) (trellis) Vineyards: Pago de Valdecobos and Pago del Vagón (Calizo-Arcilloso) Secano. Climatology: Climatology: A winter as usual, without excess snow, but with points down to minus 6 to 9 degrees in winter (December perhaps the harshest), in general it was a winter that rose 2 degrees from the average of previous winters. Given the good temperature in spring (April) it is accelerating slightly the vote # 243; n of the vineyard. May days 15 to 22 cold intense the rest responds to the normal plus 2 degrees upwards. June with good rainfall for the perfect development of vineyard and summer reservations. Overly hot summer, we have back to 2 to 4 degrees plus temperature. The winter occurred at the beginning of August 4 to 8, was quicker to ask that the previous one. August and September sun and great thermal jumps day night from 27-30th at 9 night, for the excellent ripen # 243ing of the grapes. In September and October we gain a week to the harvest with a slow and steady ripe # 243ning, long as used in good harvests. October they became regulators in the evolution of the grape # 243s. The tasting of grapes of the day September 26 gave us a nugget with brown hues, a grape that takes off well from the cluster and the cluster of vines, the ripe pulp, homogeneous, already tinted on the sides by a tannin and anthotian that come off with some ease. In the mouth sweet, low in acidity and with little or no astringency. Quality and health of the grapes, in this winery, Exceptional.