The Ham Factory - Casa Rojo
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Region: Ribera del Duero, Castilla y León, Spain
Grape: Tempranillo
Tasting: Blackberry / Dark Chocolate / Spice / Cedar / Oak / Full Bodied / Long Finish
Pairing: Chargrilled Ribeye Steak / Roast Lamb Leg / Jamón Ibérico / Cassoulet / Hard Cheeses
Producer: Casa Rojo was started in 2009 by José Luis Gómez and Laura Muñoz, both trained oenologists, and it began without a winery or a single vine to its name — an itinerant project that goes to whichever part of Spain a grape belongs in and works with the growers already there. Every bottle carries its own illustrated character, and the design work has won an international award in its own right. This is their Ribera del Duero: 25-year-old vines at Aranda de Duero, planted at 900 metres on chalky clay, where the swing between hot days and cold nights is severe. Fruit is picked by hand and moved by gravity, fermented in stainless steel, then given twelve months in French oak and six more in bottle. The name comes from the pruning — the vines are cut back hard to leave only a few bunches each, so what remains has to be strong.
2018 vintage: A wet winter and spring filled the soils, July stayed cool, and the warmth arrived late with a fine September and October. Picking ran from mid-September well into October, and the crop came in more than double the frost-hit 2017. The wine has the dark fruit and cedar the appellation does best, but carries it on freshness rather than weight — balanced, with the alcohol in proportion and the structure to keep.
ABV: 14.5%
Vol: 75cl
Contains Sulphites
