2014 | Pago de Carraovejas | Cuesta de Las Liebres

Description

Red Wine: 2014 | Pago de Carraovejas | Cuesta de Las Liebres

Its deep purple color is followed by a thrilling bouquet of crème de cassis, crushed flowers, spice, and subtle vanilla-laced wood characteristics. These carry to a full-bodied Ribera del Duero that has a stacked mid-palate, building yet incredibly polished tannins. This is a blockbuster, sensational wine that delivers the goods.

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Producer: Pago de Carraovejas

Ratings: WA | 93JS | 92

Vintage: 2014

Size: 750ml

ABV: 15.5%

Varietal: Tempranillo

Country/Region: Spain, Ribera del Duero

Its deep purple color is followed by a thrilling bouquet of crème de cassis, crushed flowers, spice, and subtle vanilla-laced wood characteristics. These carry to a full-bodied Ribera del Duero that has a stacked mid-palate, building yet incredibly polished tannins. This is a blockbuster, sensational wine that delivers the goods.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The vineyard-designate 2014 Cuesta de Las Liebres shows a lot more oak than the regular red blend from 2015. It’s a wine that is not produced every year, and in 2014, it achieved 15.5% alcohol and moderate acidity. It’s very concentrated, dark and powerful in a generous and voluptuous style with plenty of oak. For fans of the style, as it is nicely crafted but a little warm for my taste.

• James Suckling: Quite bold with rich mulberries and plums framed in sweet coconut and vanilla-oak on the palate. Ripe, fleshy and full of flavorsome fruit.

Producer Information

Pago de Carraovejas is a wine estate based in Peñafiel, in the Ribera del Duero region of Castilla y León, in the province of Valladolid in northeast central Spain. The estate produces a small range of wines based on the local mainstay, Tinto Fino (Tempranillo). Starting out in the 1970s with nine hectares () of vines, the current Pago de Carraovejas estate now counts 220 hectares () of vineyard. The vines are predominantly Tinto Fino although significant plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot are reflected in the wines. Three main labels are produced: the main release Pago de Carraovejas (93 percent Tinto Fino with four percent Cabernet Sauvignon and three percent Merlot); the single-plot El Anejón (94 percent Tinto Fino with four percent Merlot and two percent Cabernet Sauvignon); and the Cuesta de las Liebres cuvée, only released in the best vintages and 100-percent Tinto Fino. The winery is designed to be gravity-flow (i.e. with minimal or no use of pumps). The wines are vinified in a range of oak cuves and aged in barrel.