Uncastellum Rex 2007
Price £39.00
Stock Level: 21
| Grape: | Tempranillo 25%, Grenache 25%, Merlot 25%, Cabernet Sauvignon 25% |
| Strength: | 13.5% |
| Style: | Full bodied |
| Size: | 750ml |
| Cellar Notes: | Only the best grapes are selected for this wine. Only 1500 bottles are produced making this a truly exclusive wine. Aging for 24 months in new French oak barrels brings out the best flavours imaginable. |
| Appearance: | Dark and lush wine, with a purplish crimson and a medium crimson rim. |
| Aromas: | Attractive, mysterious and complex. Full of enticing aromas and flavours of plums, liquorice and mint all blended with the toasty oak. |
| Palate: | Full bodied with good and refined tannins that match perfectly the alcohol warmth and the fruit weight. Mouth filling it has a long way to go to further development. |
| Serving Notes: | Serve at 64F |
Vineyard:
Bodegas Uncastellum
The vineyard is located in the municipality of Uncastillo, bordering on Catiliscar and Sos del Rey Católico. The plantation was done on the south-eastern slopes, in order to make the most of the solar energy and compensate for the high altitude of the fields. This ensures a correct ripening of the fruit, as well as a notable diurnal temperature variation. In order to prevent erosion, the slopes have a permanent indigenous plant cover. This indigenous vegetation cover is periodically mowed and left on the slope’s surface to in order to maintain fertility. This land is very rich in chalky stones and was originally covered by a mediterranean forest. An average rainfall of 550/600 mm makes irrigation unnecessary, but ensures the rootstock can pierce properly to the deepest layers and extract the soil’s best characteristics, which make our wines unique.
Product Review
This review is from The Wine Advocate The 2007 Rex Organic has the same blend as the Aureum cuvee but with 14 months in new French oak with weekly batonnage for the first 3 months. A glass-coating opaque purple color, it issues a captivating aromatic array of mineral, pencil lead, smoke, Asian spices, black currant, and blackberry. On the palate it has outstanding volume, great concentration and focus, succulent black fruit, tons of spice, and 5-6 years of aging potential. Drink this impressive offering from 2015 to 2027, perhaps longer
Jade Dawson - 92 out of 100
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