2009 Viña de Amalio, Cillar De Silos

2009 Viña de Amalio, Cillar De Silos

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2009 Viña de Amalio, Cillar De Silos

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A real rarity due to the small volumes produced and the length of time it spends ageing in Cillar de Silos’s majestic cellars. It is described as a ‘single vineyard garage wine’ in the vein of those produced on Bordeaux’s right bank which took the wine-world by storm some time ago, however there’s an added twist to tempt the true Oenophile…the vines which produce the fruit for this wine are un-grafted having somehow avoided the Phylloxera epidemic. The nose is dense with notes of damson, cacao and tobacco leaf.

The palate is concentrated and somewhat difficult to penetrate, however there’s a core of fruit beneath the surface which will no doubt blossom given patience. A vinous oddity which will provide a rewarding Odyssey for the savvy and patient drinker. 
Nick Stewart, Wine Buying

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Cillar de Silos

Cillar de Silos

If one recalls one’s history, one will remember that it was the marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile that set Spain on its road to unity. This is a somewhat whimsical introduction to Bodegas Cillar de Silos, which is located in the heart of Castille, Ribera del Duero to be precise, but owned and run by the brothers and sister team of Oscár, Roberto and Amelia Aragón.

They also manage the El Quintanal Estate in neighbouring wine region Rueda and are thus perfectly located for both red and white wine making, demonstrating all that is great about, respectively, Verdejo and Tempranillo as grape varieties.

The Aragóns define the House Philosophy with the words ‘purity, fruit, low yields, long ageing and hand selection’. The wines are finely crafted but demonstrably Spanish, which is good news!

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Tempranillo/Tinto Fino

Tempranillo/Tinto Fino

A high quality red wine grape that is grown all over Spain except in the hot South - it is known as Tinto Fino in Ribera del Duero, Cencibel in La Mancha and Valdepenas and Ull de Llebre in Catalonia. Its spiritual home is in Rioja and Navarra where it constitutes around 70% of most red blends.

Tempranillo-based wines tend to have a spicy, herbal, tobacco-like character accompanied by ripe strawberry and red cherry fruits. It produces fresh, vibrantly fruit driven "jovenes" meant for drinking young. However Tempranillo really comes into its own when oak aged, as with the top Riojas  where its flavours seem to harmonise perfectly with both French and American oak, producing rich, powerful and concentrated wines which can be extraordinarily long-lived.

In Ribera del Duero it generally sees less oak - the exception being Vega Sicilia where it is blended with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot and then aged for an astonishing 7 years in oak and is unquestionably one of the world`s greatest wines.

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