Description

Vin rouge de parcelle produit par des cépages blancs (40 %) et rouges. Il est vinifié comme un vin rouge et fermenté avec les rafles entières dans des fûts ouverts. Il est élevé pendant 14 mois en fûts de chêne français.

Fiche technique

Le domaine
Alegre Valgañón
Type de vin
Rouge
Millésime
2022
Alcool
14.4% vol.
Cépage
Garnacha blanca, Calagraño, Rojal, Viura, Garnacha, Tempranillo, Miguel de Arcos
Origine
Rioja

Dégustation

Température de service
Il est recommandé de servir à 16 °C

Vignoble et élaboration

Vinification
Fermentation avec les rafles entières dans des fûts ouverts de 400 litres.
Elevage
Rouge crianza de 14 mois en fût de chêne français.

L'avis des experts

The Wine Advocate:

The single-vineyard red 2022 Carra Sto Domingo has kept its poise and floral elegance despite the warmer year and the riper fruit. This year, the wine comes in at 14.6% alcohol, but it's nicely disguised and still comes through as an elegant and balanced medium-bodied red with a fine texture and very fine tannins. It does not reach the level of the stunning 2021, but I think it's a triumph over the adverse conditions of the year. The vineyard was planted in the 1920s to make clarete, with 60% red grapes and 40% white ones, and the vines are suffering the climate change. It matured in used 600-liter barrels for 11 months and a further four months in concrete egg. 900 bottles were filled in April 2024. (Luis Guitérrez) 

James Suckling:

A minerally red with generous tannins, but it is still transparent, taut and tense. Cranberries, cloves, wet stones and juicy plums. Chalky tannins throughout. 70% red grapes, mostly garnacha, and the rest white. Around 20% stems. Only 964 bottles made. Drink now.