Mancuso 2005

340.-

Hier 05:44

8536, Hüttwilen

6 Bottles 0.75 l Mancuso 2005 Winery: Bodegas y Vinedos Mancuso
Region: Vino de la Tierra Valdejalon
Grapes: 100% Garnacha (80 to 100 years old vines)
Winery: Vinedos del Mancuso is a new wine project in
Aragon started a few years ago by two enthusiastic enolo-
gists, Carlos San Pedro and Jorge Navascues. They bought
five vineyards (20 acres) planted between 2,500 and 2,950
feet above sea level, with very old ungrafted Garnacha vines,
in broken slate over bedrock.
Wine: Harvested by hand in small boxes between the
end of September and the middle of October, selection of
bunches in the vineyard and at the winery. The wine was fer-
mented for 8 days in stainless steel tank after a cold pre-fer-
mentation maceration of skins followed by an extended post-fermentation maceration of 24 days to obtain a
greater extraction of color and tannins. After malolactic fermentation the wine was introduced to new French
Allier oak barrels for 14 months. Bottled unfiltered and aged an additional 8 months in bottle before release.
Reviews:
?The 2005 Mancuso was aged for 14 months in new French oak. It offers up a superb
bouquet of toasty new oak, pencil lead, scorched earth, espresso, black cherry, and
blackberry liqueur. Opulent, rich, and complex on the palate, this full-bodied wine
has tons of flavor, nicely concealed ripe tannin, and a long, fruit-filled finish. Cellar it
for 6-8 years and drink it from 2016 to 2030.?
96 points Wine Advocate issue 183 June ?09
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