Percent alcohol

13.5%

Serving temperature

To be served at room temperature around 15 – 17 °C. Young wines benefit from decanting.

Goes with

Charcuterie, pâtés, vegetable pie, pasta, grilled meat of any kind, strong young soft and hard cheese.

Tasting Notes

»The 2011 Pies Negros comes in a Burgundy bottle with a comic-style label. Pies Negros means Black Feet in a reference to the foot trodden grapes, the ancestral method of making the wine that this pair of brothers has followed. The wine, 90% Tempranillo and 10% Graciano, has aged for 14 months in new and used oak barrels of different sizes. It has a dark ruby color, a bit reticent at first in the nose with dark morello cherries and a touch of spiciness. The palate is quite compact, showing a core of fruit with some tannins in the end. It’s a young Rioja with plenty of character and at a very good price.« (Luis Gutierrez)