dominio del águila penas aladas gran reserva 2016

dominio del águila is a family winery located in la aguilera, a small village in the ribera del duero, and run by a couple formed by jorge monzón and isabel rodero, respectively "winemaker" and architect. since 2010, they have joined forces to make a dream come true... the winery belongs to the "denominación de origen ribera del duero" and is located in the "consejo ecológico de castilla y león". the greatest asset of the estate is the vineyard: there are 30 hectares of very old vines, most of them organically grown, as well as 5 relatively young hectares (less than 50 years old). they have been supplying grapes to some of the main wineries in the region for more than 10 vintages. orge comes from a family of several generations of winemakers and his studies were based on "soil, viticulture and oenology" at the universities of bordeaux and burgundy. he worked for more than two years in prestigious wineries such as drc. he also worked in spain with the most fabulous estate of spain for a year and as technical director of bodegas arzuaga-navarro for nine seasons. since 2013, he has been working full time at dominio del águila. throughout these years of learning and gaining experience, they have dedicated themselves to the recovery of the family vineyards, until they have gathered an important wine heritage of very high quality, true great vintages... where the tempranillo grape is the real protagonist, coexisting in a very friendly way with other varieties such as blanca del país, bobal, garnacha, albillo, tempranillo gris, etc. without doubt the best wine from dominio del aguila, it is a ribera del duero made with grapes from a small parcel, the most of the wine contain tempranillo, but a small percentage of albillo (white variety) have been added to to contribute with some floral character to this powerfull and wel done ribera del duero.