{"product_id":"2022-ribera-del-duero-reserva-aster","title":"Ribera del Duero Reserva, Áster 2022","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRipe black fruit and wild berries over liquorice, clove, pepper and toast from the barrel. Rich and powerful on the palate, held together by smooth tannins and good acidity, and long on the finish. Tinta del País 100%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eÁster was created when the team behind La Rioja Alta went looking for a site in Ribera del Duero and found one at Anguix, in Burgos. The Tinta del País vines were planted in 1990 and the winery followed in 2000, with a vinification hall holding up to 4,000 French and American oak barrels; the fruit for this wine comes from the Fuentecojo, La Cueva and Otero Joven vineyards around the winery, on silt-loam soils at 780 metres, where warm days and cool nights give ripeness and natural acidity together. Winemaker Julio Sáenz has the hand-harvested grapes gently destemmed and crushed, fermented below 28°C across nineteen days of fermentation and maceration, then taken through malolactic conversion in French oak barrels with weekly bâtonnage over two months, before sixteen months of ageing - 75% in new French oak and the rest in second-use barrels - and three rackings done by traditional methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16-18°C with roast lamb, a rib of beef, grilled lamb chops or aged Manchego. Drinking now and through the next six to eight years; give it an hour in a decanter while it is still young.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Áster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476542886271,"sku":"HNW-5172522A","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5172522A.jpg?v=1789923482","url":"https:\/\/www.edkawines.com\/products\/2022-ribera-del-duero-reserva-aster","provider":"Edka Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}