Type | Red wine |
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Allergens | Contains sulfites |
Alcohol contenti | 14.5% |
Spec sheet
What does this wine taste like?
View | Cherry red |
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Bouquet | Ripe fruit / Spicy notes / Balsamic notes / Tobacco / Mineral |
Mouth | Flavoursome / Full / Powerful / Fine tannins / Long finish / Persistent |
Drinking and storing
Serve between 16ºC and 18ºC
Food pairing
Pork knuckle / Roast lamb / Partridge / Vegetable stews / Tuna
Ratings and awards
2009 | 95 PN |
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PN: Peñín
Customer reviews
Winemaking
Ageing period | 18 months |
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Barrel age | New |
Type of wood | French oak |
Vineyards
El Grajo Viejo
Vine age | 70 years |
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Climate | Continental with Mediterranean influence |
The winery
Bodegas Protos
Protos was founded in 1927 and was the first winery in the wine region known as Ribera del Duero, being its first name precisely that one: Ribera del Duero. In the early 1980s, coinciding with the creation of the Regulatory Council of the area, the winery changed its original name to Bodegas Protos (from the Greek protos, which means first). It ceded its first name to the Regulatory Council, authorising it to use that name to identify the Ribera del Duero denomination of origin....