VILANO BLACK
GRAPE: Tempranillo.
APPELLATION: Ribera del Duero DO.
VINIFICATION: Made with 100% Tempranillo. Selection of the best old vines sourced from 4 plots and older than 50 years. Maceration for 8 to 10 days in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature of 25-28 ºCn. Aged 8 months in French oak barrels and 3 months in the bottle.
TASTING NOTES: “Let me count the ways in which this wine is black: in its spark of black rocky soil, in the darkness of its blueberry-skin tannins, in the layers of anise, blackberry and black cherry… It’s tight and as spicy as chorizo, which it would accompany well.” Joshua Greene, Wine&Spirits Mag. 2019
FOOD PAIRING: Perfect for red meats, roasts, fowl, firm-bodied fish such as salmon and pasta dishes.
RATINGS HISTORY:
91 Points Wine & Spirits; Vintage 2018.
GOLD MEDAL Mundus Vini 2018, Vintage 2017.
GOLD MEDAL Prague Wine Trophy, Vintage 2013.
Tech Sheet:
PRODUCER: Eva López knows this winery well. She has been working with them from the beginning. She was captivated by Viña Vilano quality wines average price point and international reviews.
Bodega Viña Vilano is located in the village of Pedrosa de Duero, province of Burgos, internationally regarded as the most privileged wine-growing region within the Designation of Origin of Ribera del Duero, with aged vineyards dating back to its foundation in 1957.
Currently, Bodega Viña Vilano owns over 300 hectares of “Tinta Fina” or “Tinta del País” grapes, a local strain of the world renowned “Tempranillo”.
Over the past few years, the winery has installed state-of-the-art wine-making technology and built a cask aging facility that holds American, French and Central European oak casks to produce top qualities of their Viña Vilano range.
