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The Society's Exhibition Ribera del Duero 2018
Red Wine from Spain - Ribera Del Duero
We have worked with the small Bóhorquez property to create our first Exhibition bottling from Ribera del Duero, one of Spain's leading fine wine regions. Decant this before serving to release its bold, satisfying flavours.
Price:
£14.95
Bottle
Price:
£179.00
Case of 12
In Stock
Code: SP16591
Wine characteristics
- Red Wine
- Full-bodied
- Tempranillo
- 75cl
- Now to 2026
- 14% Alcohol
- bouquet/flavour marked by oak
- Cork, diam
- 100ml of this wine contains 77 kcal
- The bottle contains 10.5 units of alcohol
- A 125ml glass of this wine contains 96 kcal and 1.8 units of alcohol
The UK Chief Medical Officers recommend adults do not regularly drink more than 14 units per week. For information and support on responsible drinking please see www.drinkaware.co.uk. For more information about how calories in wine are measured, click here.
Bohórquez
Although a relatively young outfit, Bohórquez is part-owned by top-quality sherry producer Sánchez-Romate and has benefited greatly from their influence and knowledge.
They are based in the Ribera del Duero, itself a relatively young region. Although it is the second most famous area for fine Spanish red wine production next to Rioja, it can’t boast the latter’s rich history: it rose rapidly to fame when the Spaniards themselves became enamoured with the wines and news spread quickly to other countries.
Bohórquez has a remarkably tiny production – they don’t even have a cellar door for people to visit and purchase their wines on site – but their proximity to the prestigious Pesquera winery mean they can take advantage of some of the region’s finest vineyard sites. Despite their impressive neighbours, there doesn’t seem to be much ‘keeping up with the Joneses’: almost all of the money they make goes on improving the vineyards and winery, rather than improving the appearance of their premises.
A key vineyard technique is to encourage natural competition: vines are planted in the poorest soil at double the density of many other vineyards in order to naturally reduce production. This gives the wines a brilliant concentration and encourages them to transmit more of the essence of the soil, but crucially it also guarantees a solid, firm skin – something Bohórquez claims is the secret to their wine.
Painstaking labour in the vineyard – such as thorough pruning and cluster extraction – ...