Luna Beberide Reserva, Vino de la Tierra de Castillo Y León

Description

Bodegas y Viñedos Luna Beberide, situated in El Bierzo, the northeast of Castilla close to the borders of Galicia and Portugal, is a small family-owned and run Single Estate that produces select white and oak-aged red wines. In 1987 Fernando García and Bernardo Luna acquired further vineyards, to those already owned by the family, to create a total of 80 hectares of vineyards, which are divided between three fincas – ‘Viña El Francés’ where Mencia, Chardonnay and Gewurztraminer are grown, ‘Viña El Castrillón’ with Cabernet, Merlot and Tempranillo, and ‘Viña Aralia’ where white grapes are mainly grown. The bodega and vineyards are situated in Cacabelos, Vilafranca del Bierzo (Castilla-León), more precisely known as El Bierzo Bajo, a depression surrounded by a circle of mountains and irrigated by the Río Sil and its tributaries. The development of the vineyards was completed in 1995. The construction of a new bodega in Cacabelos, with the most modern stainless steel installations and latest technology, was completed in 1990-91 and the first wine was vinified in the Autumn of 1991. They were elected members of Grandes Pagos de Castilla in September 2002. Produced, under the direction of their oenologist Mariano García, from equal parts of Merlot, Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon and is aged in French oak. Black cherry with purple tones, sensational nose of mulberry, ripe fruits, herbal, flowers, balsamic, minerals, wax and noble woods, with mind-blowing intensity of fruit on palate with aromatic and mineral notes, gloriously velvety, very powerful structure with great depth and broadness, a wonderfully long and lingering finish of great finesse.