Vina Rufina Reserva (2018)

Made from selected Tempranillo grapes, which come from vines that stand on soil with lime, clay and plenty of pebbles, which provide good drainage of the soil. The climate is continental with influence from the Atlantic Ocean, which gives the big warm fluctuation between night and day whether it is summer or winter. The vines have an average age of 60 – 80 years. The grapes are picked manually. The fermentation itself takes place in steel tanks with a temperature between 28 g - 30 g.
The wine has aged 24 months in French and American oak barrels.

Bodegas Santa Rufina:

The winery is located in Cubillas de Santa Marta in Valladolid and belongs to the designation DOCigales. A family company that was founded in 1997. However, their wines only came on the market in 2003. The family has over 90 ha of vineyards that lie around the winery. The fields are planted with 80 % Tempranillo, 10 % Merlot, 5 % with Cabernet Sauvignon and 5 % with 2 white wine grapes Verdejo and Albillo. The soil consists of limestone and white clay. The terroir and the climate, with the high temperature differences from night to day and the stony soil conditions, which give off the heat that the earth has absorbed during the day, make the vineyards particularly suitable for growing grapes that produce great wines.