2018 Paganos El Puntido Jeroboam (3 liter)

The Puntido vineyards are owned by the Eguren family and the Puntido comes from only 1 vineyard where only the Tempranillo grape is grown. The vineyard is more than 45 years old and is located quite high. A solid, well-balanced red wine. Can be drunk but will get better and better as the years go by and can certainly be imposed until 2030. The wine is aged for 16-18 months in French oak and then bottled for a few more years before being released on the market. The Puntido vineyard is 25 Has. (61.74 acres) located at an elevation of 600 m on calcareous clay soils with a deep sandy rocky subsoil. The vineyard was planted in 1975 with a high density so that the vines have to work and root deeply due to competition. Organic fertilization every 2 years. The final yield is very low and only half of what is allowed with only 18.2 hl/ha. The production is completely ecological with respect for the environment according to the biorhythm of the plant. Extensive manual selection and crate harvesting with perfectly healthy, ripe grapes.

Beautiful 3 liter Jeroboam in a unique luxury wooden box.

The tempranillo grapes are harvested manually at the end of September with pre-fermentative maceration for 3 days at 6°C with indigenous yeast selected from the own vineyards, with very light pumping movements and a light aeration to get full extraction. The alcoholic fermentation takes about 10 days. and is temperature controlled between 28 and 30 degrees Celsius and a post-fermentative maceration of about 8 days. After this, the wine is transferred to new French oak barriques barrels where the malolactic fermentation will take place and the wine is allowed to age for around 16 months in new French oak and then for another 6 months in stainless steel tank and then the wine is bottle-aged for another year before it is released. becomes available (i.e. about 3.5 years after the harvest).

The Puntido has a dark garnet red color. In the nose is a multitude of scents and layers such as mineral notes, ripe fruit, liqueur and chocolate and a background of white flowers and a bit of leather. Furthermore, as the wines 'open' we smell grilled bread, black cherries and berries. In the mouth it is powerful, with a good balance between ripe fruit and oak, with round tannins. The wine is full bodied and screams for roasted, grilled or baked (refined) meat. This magnificent wine is a gastronomic master.

The Spanish winery Viñedos de Paganos is an exclusive winery and is one of the beautiful wineries of Hermanos Eguren.