Viña Pomal Crianza 2020

The Viña Pomal estate covers 90 hectares of vineyards. These are located inside the municipality of Haro and less than 2 kilometres from the winery, in one of the town’s most beautiful enclaves,overlooking the Ebro River as it flows downstream through the shells de Haro pass. Our estate encompasses different ecosystems with different soils and varying degrees of exposure to the sun, which calls for the careful selection of homogenous zones.The estate combines traditional Rioja practices with precision winegrowing techniques, implementing state of the art environmentally friendly winegrowing,always with a view to obtaining premium quality. In addition to the work on our estate's vineyards we also carefully select grapes from our Rioja Alta suppliers. The 2014 vintage was marked by the weather during harvest. After a cold winter, budbreak arrived earlier than usual due to high temperatures and low soil moisture levels in spring. After flowering, there was an excellent fruit set, although the lack of rain delayed veraison some what compared to previous years. Ripening was slow and somewhat irregular, so picking was delayed. Heavy rains during thefirst half of October made for hard work at the vineyards, forcing grapes election on a plot-by-plot basis. Fortunately, early leaf thinning proved crucial in ensuring clusters in good condition. Viña Pomal Crianza is made in the traditional way: after destemming and crushing it undergoes alcoholic fermentation. Total maceration lasts two weeks, seeking a structure of light, pleasant wines with a great deal of fruitiness. Twelve months in barrels of American oak (15% new) provide us with the complexity and maturity needed to round off this wine’s expression. Picota cherry red with violet hues.  High aromatic intensity. Flowers, black fruits and liquorice with hints of vanilla and roasted coffee.It is supple,balanced and fresh on the palate with good structure and mild and soft tannins. It matches perfectly with mild dishes such as rices, cheeses, pâtés,casseroles, greens, fish as well as with dishes that traditionally pair well with red vintage wines. It is now at an optimum time to be drunk and will continue to gain complexity for 3 or 4 more years. Optimum serving temperature: 17º C. It does not require decanting.