2019 Bodegas Resalte de Peñafiel ‘Origen de Resalte’

From: Ribera del Duero, SpainVarietal: TempranilloAbout this wineThe 2019 Bodegas Resalte ‘Origen’ comes from six different vineyards with an average age of over 30 years old. Grapes were hand-selected during harvest and sent to the winery in small boxes. In the winery, they went through a cooling process to preserve the clusters from oxidation. Each vineyard’s grapes were vilified separately, plot-by-plot to preserve and enhance its identity using a gravity-fed winemaking process, and the final blend was constructed to represent the perfect balance of elements from each vineyard. This wine aged for 14 months in 1/3 new barrels—80% of which are made from French oak and 20% of which are made from American oak—with a careful selection of cooperages and levels of toast.Bodegas Resalte on the 2019 vintage“2019 was a particularly dry year. Spring started with an usual cycle. By the end of April, the first sprouts came out, although rain started, they were not very significant. Once summer t