Marqués de Cáceres, MC, Rioja, Northern Spain, Spain, 2015

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Tasted by: James Button
(at Decanter's tasting suite, 22 Mar 2018)
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2021
A modern style, 100% Tempranillo Rioja from low-yielding vineyard parcels in Rioja Alta and Rioja Alavesa totalling 11ha, with vines aged between 65-90 years old. Following a long maceration of around 30 days, the wine is micro-oxygenated - processes which lend richness and texture. Malo and maturation is in new French oak. The wine has a spicy nose with blackberry, black cherry and barrel char aromas. The palate has a lovely soft, chalky texture with fine tannins and chocolatey oak, which leads into rich hedgerow fruit and a hint of opulent black cherry. Black pepper, red cherry and vanilla appear on the finish. A technical wine which demands some cured meats, cheese or steak to tame its punch and power.
Marqués de Cáceres, MC, Rioja 2015
Producer
Marqués de Cáceres
Brand
MC
Vintage
2015
Wine Type
Still
Colour
Red
Country
Spain
Region
Northern Spain
Appellation
Sweetness
Dry
Body
Medium
Oak
Oaked
Grapes
100% Tempranillo / Tinto Fino