2016 Ribera del Duero, Reserva, ValSotillo

Bodegas Ismael Arroyo, 2016 Ribera del Duero, Reserva, ValSotillo

Producer

Bodegas Ismael Arroyo

Vintage

2016

Region

Spain

Appellation

Ribera del Duero, Reserva

Cuvée

ValSotillo

Varietal

Tempranillo

Vinification

Aged in bottle before release, Barrel Aged, Dry Farmed, Estate grown grapes, Hand harvested, Indigenous yeast fermented

Soil Type

Chalky Limestone, Clay

The fruit here leans more towards the blue side than one would normally expect from a Tempranillo Reserva. This makes it very intriguing now with ripe fruit and well-integrated tannins that will preserve fresh nature of the fruit for many years.