Macan clasico

Der Macan clasico ist ein Wein, der aus der Zusammenarbeit von Vega Sicilia und Baron Edmond de Rothschild entstanden ist. Das Herkunftsgebiet ist Rioja, die Traube klassisch Tempranillo. Zwei derart erfahrene Weinfirmen, sowie die richtige Rebsorte aus der richtigen Region ergeben einen spannenden Rotwein. Der Macan clasico 2020 zeigt eine kraftvolle Struktur, ein reichhaltiges Bouquet und langen Abgang. Robert Parker gibt 94 Punkte und schreibt: The 2020 Macán Clásico was cropped from a more generous crop. The grapes were put in a cold chamber for one night and then underwent a cold soak of three to four days, after which they inoculated the yeasts—in 2020, 25% of it was their native yeast. It fermented in stainless steel, and the élevage was 45% in new French and 5% new American oak barrels, 28% in second use barrel and 22% in stainless steel for one year. The bottled wine has 14% alcohol, a pH of 3.78 and 4.5 grams of acidity (tartaric). This is one of the most elegant vintages of this bottling so far. It has showy aromatics with notes of smoky bacon, a bit meaty, and the thing that surprised me the most was the velvety texture. 202,697 bottles, 1,998 magnums and some larger formats produced. It was bottled in August 2022.