Castillo Ygay Blanco Gran Reserva Especial - 1986 - Rioja DOCa

Castillo Ygay Blanco Gran Reserva Especial - 1986

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Castillo Ygay Blanco Gran Reserva Especial - 1986 - Rioja DOCa

5.712,00 RON
product code: 5719
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Product: 
  • Alcohol: 13.5%
  • Ageing potential: 30 - 50 years
  • Grape variety: Viura 97%, Malvasía 3%
  • Food pairing: foie gras, lobster, mushrooms, pasta, seafood, shellfish, truffles, white meat
  • Decanting: 1/2 h
  • Serving temperature: 14 °C

Visual

Bright golden yellow.

Palate

It is powerful and elegant on the palate, with excellent acidity and great length, volume and clarity, flinty hints, and exceptional finish.

Nose

It is very subtle on the nose, developing some nuances of mushrooms and verbena tea.

Winemaking

Grapes had harvesting took place in the first days of October of 1986, with a slow and onward work. The weather conditions helped to achieve the optimus ripeness of the grapes. The viura variety, with a large bunch and small grain, was the first to be harvested with an potential alcohol level of 13.5⁰ and a high acidity.The whole bunch was crushed and then pressed in a vertical twin-screw wooden press. It was fermented in an American oak vat.The wine was aged for 252 months in 225-litre American oak barrels and then for 67 months in concrete tanks. Bottling on January 29,2014.


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