Reserva Especial 2006 Xarel.lo There's a touch of plumpness

There's a touch of plumpness

From Sufreiro (the Galician name for the cork oak)

With the outstanding acidity found here

then further selected for quality)

The highly selected fruit is picked in early September and has about 6 hours of soleo

Reserva Especial 2006 Xarel.lo There's a touch of plumpnessUrbina are a fascinating mix of Rioja via location and terroir specifics and Rioja via winemaking (the Reserva etcetera fetish for wood and racking). The Reserva is aged as much as 3 years in mixed FR US casks, and Gran Reserva for more than 3. The wines are often racked to stainless during this ageing, for checking, stabilising, re blending, confirmation they are also aged for a couple of years in stainless after ageing. All are naturally stabilised