TASTING NOTES

The wine is strong - fruity and oxidized, oaky aroma is felt, the tannins are thick - the result of the aging in a barrel for 24 months.

Serving temperature: 16 ºC

THE WINERY

Pago de Carraovejas was just a dream in the early 70's... a dream of his owner José María Ruiz, a young segovian full of energy and curiosity, who managed step by step to turn it into reality creating this huge project in Ribera del Duero which is linked to the Ruiz Aragoneses family.

VINEYARDS

The vineyard is planted at an average height of 850 meters above sea level on a hillside perpendicular to the Duero River, which crosses the land in an East-West direction. The terrain is configured as a bowl of low rolling hills, flat in the middle of the valley and increasingly rugged and precipitous as we gainelevation.

The grapes are from three varieties: Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.

VINIFICATION

A unique process which combines working with gravity, using our own yeast and bacteria from the terroir and the delicate aging process of the wood. All of that with the exhaustive control of all the processe

Ageing: 24 months in French oak barrels with special selection of extra fine grain

FOOD PAIRING

Beef, Lamb, Game (deer, venison)