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Antoine Graillot & Raul Perez Bierzo Tinto Encinas - La Rata 2021 750ml

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750ml
country
Spain
region
Castilla Y Leon
appellation
Bierzo
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Rated 94 by Wine Advocate
A new paraje bottling from Antoine Graillot, the 2021 Encinas La Rata is from just below El Rapolao, on clay-rich soils, and is surprisingly perfumed but with the underlying earthiness that I consistently find in the wines here. It's medium-bodied, with contained ripeness and 13% alcohol, with some dusty tannins. This fermented in concrete with some 80% full clusters and 30 days of maceration and matured in a used 700-liter oak barrel. These are wines that repay aging in bottle.
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Antoine Graillot & Raul Perez Bierzo Tinto Encinas - La Rata 2021 750ml

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WA
94
WA
94
Rated 94 by Wine Advocate
A new paraje bottling from Antoine Graillot, the 2021 Encinas La Rata is from just below El Rapolao, on clay-rich soils, and is surprisingly perfumed but with the underlying earthiness that I consistently find in the wines here. It's medium-bodied, with contained ripeness and 13% alcohol, with some dusty tannins. This fermented in concrete with some 80% full clusters and 30 days of maceration and matured in a used 700-liter oak barrel. These are wines that repay aging in bottle.
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size
750ml
country
Spain
region
Castilla Y Leon
appellation
Bierzo
Overview
A new paraje bottling from Antoine Graillot, the 2021 Encinas La Rata is from just below El Rapolao, on clay-rich soils, and is surprisingly perfumed but with the underlying earthiness that I consistently find in the wines here. It's medium-bodied, with contained ripeness and 13% alcohol, with some dusty tannins. This fermented in concrete with some 80% full clusters and 30 days of maceration and matured in a used 700-liter oak barrel. These are wines that repay aging in bottle.
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Region: Castilla Y Leon

In the heart of Spain, we find the beautiful - if somewhat arid and occasionally desolate - wine region of Castilla y Leon. Castilla y Leon is the largest wine region in Spain, covering a huge plateau rising up from its surroundings, and characterized by its dry and cracked soils, and intense summer heat. Such weather conditions can often make viticulture difficult, but the wineries which work in the region have generations of experience and expertise when it comes to making the most of the beautiful red and white wine grape varietals which grow well there. From Tempranillo to Verdejo, Castilla y Leon really has something to suit every palate, and offers the world a range of wines full of the passion and flavors of Spain.
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Country: Spain

For over two thousand years, Spain has been responsible for much of Europe's wine production, making the very best of native grape varietals, and more recently experimenting with and perfecting wines made from imported grapes. Of course, the region of La Rioja is renowned world-wide for the quality and characteristics of its wines, which benefit greatly from the warm, dry continental climate of the area, and the fertile soils of the Ebro river basin. However, there is far more to Spanish produce than the complex, aromatic and earthy red wine of this region, as a result of the vast range of wine making traditions and practices, and terrains and climatic conditions found across the country. The region Castilla y Leon produces some of Europe's finest white wines, and the sparkling wines of Cava and the sherries of Jerez are firm favorites for wine lovers around the world.
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Customer Reviews
Just came from a restaurant where I had a glass of this wine and vintage, never previously tasted by me. As good a red wine as I can recall drinking

Would you buy this product again?: Yes
Would you recommend this to a friend?: Yes
04-15-2024
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Region: Castilla Y Leon

In the heart of Spain, we find the beautiful - if somewhat arid and occasionally desolate - wine region of Castilla y Leon. Castilla y Leon is the largest wine region in Spain, covering a huge plateau rising up from its surroundings, and characterized by its dry and cracked soils, and intense summer heat. Such weather conditions can often make viticulture difficult, but the wineries which work in the region have generations of experience and expertise when it comes to making the most of the beautiful red and white wine grape varietals which grow well there. From Tempranillo to Verdejo, Castilla y Leon really has something to suit every palate, and offers the world a range of wines full of the passion and flavors of Spain.
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Country: Spain

For over two thousand years, Spain has been responsible for much of Europe's wine production, making the very best of native grape varietals, and more recently experimenting with and perfecting wines made from imported grapes. Of course, the region of La Rioja is renowned world-wide for the quality and characteristics of its wines, which benefit greatly from the warm, dry continental climate of the area, and the fertile soils of the Ebro river basin. However, there is far more to Spanish produce than the complex, aromatic and earthy red wine of this region, as a result of the vast range of wine making traditions and practices, and terrains and climatic conditions found across the country. The region Castilla y Leon produces some of Europe's finest white wines, and the sparkling wines of Cava and the sherries of Jerez are firm favorites for wine lovers around the world.