Bodega Casa Juan “Senor de Lesmos” Gran Reserva
PRODUCER
COUNTRY
Spain
WINE TYPE
Red
APPELLATION
Rioja
VARIETY
Tempranillo
AGE OF VINES
55 years
FARMING
Organic
SOIL
Chalky clay, grass, wild herbs
ALTITUDE
2550 feet
FERMENTATION
cement with wild yeast
AGING
30 months in oak
DESCRIPTION
All estate fruit, hand harvested, and carefully vinified with native yeasts, this is a hand sewn wine with the purity, texture and elegance to prove it. Having spend 30 months in barrel and many more months in bottle, this Gran Reserva smells of ripe red fruit and chewy, dried fruits as well, with a subtle hint of tomato leaf. On the palate, the red fruits show great development, with lots of chalky minerality and the elegance of a middle aged Gran Reserva.
A perfect blend of rusticity and elegance – so typical of old school Rioja – is clearly shown in this extraordinary wine.