2016 Bodega Numanthia Tinta de Toro

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About 2016 Bodega Numanthia Tinta de Toro:

The Harvest of 2016 will be remembered for its deep red and black fruits aromas and its generous texture. This is the latest vintage so far for Bodega Numanthia Winery.

Tasting Notes:

Colour: Ripe cherry color with ruby reflections.

Aroma: When you bring the glass to your nose, the wine is expressive, and deep, with hints of red berries, smoky notes, garrigue aromas and a background of sweet spices.

Palate: The attack is soft and quickly fills your palate with a great intensity. The velvety and mature tannin beautifully goes along with the generous and voluminous texture. Black fruit
such as blueberries and blackcurrants, notes of violet and hints of black pepper, cloves and a tobacco leaf generate complexity and length, surrounded by a good acidity.

Barrel Selection:

18 months in French oak 225L and 400L barrels. 60% of new barrels and 40% of second use. 2016 Bodega Numanthia Tinta de Toro was racked every 4 months.

Growing Notes:

2016 is characterized by a late bud burst along with a rainy spring. Throughout the summer there were several rainfalls that cooled down the temperatures and improved ripening. The harvest started a few days later than usual with perfect sanitary conditions.

Harvest Dates: between the 25th of September and the 10th of October.

Winemaking Notes:

Cold, pre-fermentation maceration for 4 days. Alcoholic fermentation in 7 days with daily pumping-overs. Extended maceration on skins with soft pigeages. Control of temperatures between 26°C and 28°C. Malolactic fermentation in stainless steel tanks. Ageing: 18 months in French oak 225L and 400L barrels. 60% of new barrels and 40% of second use. Racked every 4 months and bottled in June 2018.

About The Winery:

Founded in 1998, Bodega Numanthia, located in Valdefinjas, Castile and León, in the Northwest of Spain, is a veritable emblem of the Toro region wines.

Bodega Numanthia is living tribute to the fearless warriors of Numancia in Spain, whose inhabitants heroically resisted the Roman army for 20 years in 134 B.C. and finally preferred to sacrifice their lives rather than surrender.

This resilience found in the Toro wines in a region with longstanding traditions in winemaking and viticulture. These vineyards planted by pioneer families centuries ago. Back in roman times and since then, have shown resilience surviving the phylloxera plague. During the XIXth century and the extreme climate conditions typical of the region year after year. During the Middle ages, Toro wines were also the first in the world to travel to the Americas, carried on Christopher Columbus’ ships in 1492.

All shaped in bush vines and ungrafted, some of the vines are reaching up to 200 years old and are spread all around the Denomination of Origin Toro in distinctive terroirs.

Bodega Numanthia was the first estate to understand the potential of the Toro region and to reveal an outstanding Spanish terroir to the world, bringing the most beautiful expression of the timeless Tinta de Toro grape variety.