
El Cortez XO Extra Ordinario - Bodega Torre OriaEl Cortez XO - Bodega Torre Oria - Spain's answer to Primitivo Unique El Cortez XO is made by the aromatic wine style, which happens by blending the best vintages in the winery . Elegant, extravagant, intense, fruity, aromatic and matured under the Valencian sun - characteristics that you can taste! The older the vine, the lower its yield and the higher the quality of the grapes. This means that older vines can produce a more intense and concentrated grape flavor. All of these geographical and natural characteristics combine to produce the special quality of El Cortez XO . El Cortez XO shows a dense purple color in the glass. To the nose, this Bodega Torre Oria red wine reveals all sorts of blackberries. The El Cortez XO can rightly be described as particularly fruity and velvety, as it was vinified with a wonderfully semi-dry flavor profile. On the palate, the texture of this punchy red wine presents itself wonderfully velvety. Due to the balanced fruit acid, the El Cortez XO flatters with a velvety mouthfeel, without lacking juicy liveliness. In the finish, this red wine from the wine-growing region of Valencia finally inspires with considerable length. Hints of blackberry show again. Hardly have we listed this wine in the wine shipping VINELLO, this is already developing into a bestseller. This Spanish premium red wine with a very soft and full-bodied style wins with its perfect maturity and harmony. For Diego Morcillo, cellar master of Bodega Torre Oria, which also supplies us with other wines, the XO is not just wine, but embodies his philosophy: the best vintages of a region combined! The equipment of the bottle is absolutely high quality and stylish. Vinification of the El Cortez XO from Bodega Torre Oria This powerful red wine from Spain is vinified from the Monastrell grape variety. After the hand harvest, the grapes quickly reach the press house. Here they are sorted and carefully broken up. Fermentation follows in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures. At the end of fermentation, El Cortez XO is left to harmonize on the fine lees for a few months. The special feature - extra ordinario - of El Cortez XO is that the cellar master of Bodega Torre Oria has composed it from his best barrels of different vintages. This gives El Cortez XO a wonderfully smooth, full-bodied character as well as its unique depth of flavor. Food recommendation for the Bodega Torre Oria El Cortez XO Experience this red wine from Spain best tempered at 15 - 18°C as an accompaniment to arugula penne, Thai cucumber salad or veal and onion casserole. Awards for the El Cortez XO Mundus Vini 2021: Gold