Valenciso Rioja Laderas de Cabama 2021

Laderas de Cabama is Valenciso's single-vineyard Tempranillo, from one plot of forty-year-old vines at Ollauri.

Ollauri sits in the Rioja Alta near Haro, on the clay and limestone soils that give the sub-region its firm, savoury reds. Laderas de Cabama is entirely Tempranillo from a single forty-year-old parcel and was originally made in the mould of Valenciso's flagship Reserva, a wine built to spend years in barrel and bottle before release. From the 2018 vintage the estate changed direction and now aims for a younger, more fruit-forward style: the fruit is picked a little earlier and part of the crop is fermented as whole berries in a semi-carbonic maceration, which brings a more primary, juicy profile. No new oak is used. Fermentation takes place in cool concrete, followed by fourteen months in used French oak barrels, leaving the dark fruit and the spice and tobacco-leaf lift of the whole-bunch portion to carry the wine.

Approachable on release and good for six to eight years. Serve at 16-18°C with roast lamb, grilled beef or jamon croquettes.

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