Acón - Ribera del Duero

Description

The Acón wine Raising 2003 has been awarded with Gold medal in the World-wide competition of Brussels. In the heart of the Duero, are located the Warehouse and Vineyards Abbey of Acón, where wines of great quality are elaborated.
Shore of the Duero, land of wines.
The wines Abbey of Acón, are elaborated with the most modern techniques and with a deep respect of the uses made until the bottling. For that reason, they are wines of special sensitivity.
 

Harvest
Considered like very good by the Regulating Council of the Denomination of Origin Shore of the Duero.
 
Varieties of Fine
Red grape 100% (Tempranillo).
Selected manual Vendimia.
Own vineyards
 

Elaboration and Raising
The manual harvesting of the grapes, once they are  gathered pass to stainless steel tanks where the alcoholic fermentation take placed in a  temperature controlled between 28ºC  and maceration during 21 days. It is come to a polished raising in barrel during 14 months in barrel of French oak (40%), Central European (30%), American (30%).
 

Data harvest
The harvest of 2003, after a very rainy winter and a summer with high temperatures,the harvest was very good in rich maturation and in sugars, being described like very good.Well balancedin color, grade and acidity.
 

Characteristics
Type of wine: Red
Classification: Crianza
Raising Harvests: 2003
Qualification of the year: Excellent Degree alcoholico:13.5%
Varieties of used grape: Fine Red 100% (Tempranillo).
Type of botella/capacidad: Bordelesa, 75 CL (bottle).
 
The tasting references of the wine
Color: Red cherry, with slight tones iodados showing refined aspect.
Smell: Powerful and intense, notes of vanilla, cherry and leather with mature red fruits.
Taste: The taste is powerful and structured with very mature tannin presence, it appears stewed fruit
End: Flavorful, surrounding and persistent.
 
The Oenologist'S Advice
After traveling the wine needs to rest like minimim 48th hours before arriving at the table.After traveling, the wine needs to rest like minimum 48 hours, before arriving at the table. To conserve the wine bottles in a fresh place between 14ºC and 18ºC, fallen down and without abrupt changes of temperature.
Taste the wines to a temperature between 16º and 18ºC, praising/pouring off them if necessary.