Year-in-year out Peter Sisseck and owner Carlos del Rio make one of the most impressive red wines of stature in region of Ribera del Duero. Low yields of 30HL, old vines planted on calcareous soils and elevation of 750 meters, the arid climate with cool nights, help achieve ripeness, intense aromatics, and of course fullContinue reading “Hacienda Monasterio, Ribera del Duero”
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Red wines to cellar
While a good one-to-three-hour aeration will help lift hidden flavors and aromas in a great young wine, it still cannot compete with a wine that has spent more time in a dark, cool place. Wines that get a chance to shed their “baby fat” will produce a subtler, more complex set of flavors—the result ofContinue reading “Red wines to cellar”