{"product_id":"bodegas-exopto-rioja-la-mimbrera-de-exopto-2016","title":"Bodegas Exopto Rioja La Mimbrera de Exopto 2016","description":"\u003cp\u003eBodegas Exopto La Mimbrera is a Rioja red co-fermented as a field blend from a single half-hectare plot of old bush vines in Ábalos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRioja Alta is the coolest and highest of the three Rioja subzones, and the villages along the Sonsierra below the Sierra de Cantabria are its most limestone-rich corner. Tom Puyaubert, a Bordeaux-trained French winemaker, settled in Rioja in 2003 and bought this plot first; it remains the reference point for everything Exopto has done since. La Mimbrera sits at 400 metres, a kilometre from the estate's El Espinal parcel but on markedly more active limestone. The vines are interplanted at roughly 70 per cent Tempranillo, 25 per cent Garnacha and 5 per cent Viura, the Garnacha now well over a century old and the rest in their seventies and eighties. Viticulture is organic and the rows are worked by mule. The fruit is hand harvested, co-fermented with wild yeasts and matured in a single used French oak barrel, then bottled unfiltered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproachable now with an hour in the decanter and built to hold for a decade or more. Serve at 16-18°C with slow-roasted lamb shoulder, grilled quail or a plate of aged Manchego.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. If you are after a specific vintage, please contact us prior to ordering.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Tempranillo \/ Garnacha \/ Viura \/ Rioja \/ Bodegas Exopto","offer_id":44038237618235,"sku":"16742-750","price":135.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/bodegas-exopto-rioja-la-mimbrera-de-exopto-2016.png?v=1787580079","url":"https:\/\/www.divino.com.au\/products\/bodegas-exopto-rioja-la-mimbrera-de-exopto-2016","provider":"DiVino.com.au","version":"1.0","type":"link"}