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Benjamin de Rothschild - Vega Sicilia Macan Clasico Rioja DOCa 2020

Benjamin de Rothschild - Vega Sicilia Macan Clasico Rioja DOCa 2020

Bodegas Benjamin de Rothschild & Vega Sicilia S.A.

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MACÁN CLÁSICO

The harmony of beauty

Macán Clásico emerged from the heart of La Rioja. A wine of yesterday and today that respects the most authentic and typical style of a prestigious region.

 A wine that searches for harmony by turning to its roots. The nature of its origins gives it a special elegance, a lingering mark, wrapping it in an unforgettable balance of sensitivity and expressivity.

Red wine wholly made using the Tempranillo variety. After the alcoholic fermentation, the malolactic process is carried out in barrels and in tanks. The ageing takes place in extrafine and fine grain French wood, the majority in new barrels and the rest in one-wine barrels. It remains in wood for 15 months and then in bottles until it is sold.

Macán and Macán Clásico are the joint vision that two great names of the wine world, Rothschild and Vega Sicilia, have of La Rioja. They are very elegant wines, where the harmony of their aromas and flavours show the authenticity of the land from where they come and its capacity to produce great wines.

Macán Clásico is very approachable and expressive, more pleasant and pleasurable when drunk with a marked character of the land from which it comes and a simplicity that makes it very attractive.

 Its co-existence is due to the desire to preserve the Bordeaux tradition to produce a first and second wine. Both always coexist and are treated exactly the same from the wine to the classification tasting. The different wine batches of the vintage are then separated, with the two wines being considered individually and showing the differences between them.

2019

DESCRIPTION

Macán Clásico is an exemplary wine from the Sonsierra region of La Rioja, steeped in centuries of tradition, knowledge and winemaking culture in the foothills of the Sierra de Cantabria. It conveys the terroir's freshness, fruitiness, liveliness, and delicateness, which provides depth and complexity.

A lot of hard work went into selecting, acquiring, and nurturing 100 hectares of vineyard for this wine since 2004, along with the commendable efforts in the winery since 2009 (when the first vintage was marketed). Furthermore, Tempos Vega Sicilia and Compagnie Vinicole Baron Edmond de Rothschild have jointly owned modern facilities in the Rioja DOCa region since 2016, where innovation, technology, and wine science converge.

Macán Clásico is made from one variety: 100 % Tempranillo. The grapes come from plots with alkaline sandyclay soils. Concentration and potency were expected with this vintage given the warmer vine cycle, which proved correct, but the 80 litres that fell in September meant the skins radically changed their texture, moving from drier to firmer texture grapes, while remaining noble. A vintage with very mild extractions, almost infusionlike, nature providing everything. We also reduced the effect of the American oak during ageing, leaning towards toasts to provide more freshness.

Macán Clásico 2019 offers a more concentrated, potent expression, while also conserving the zing and fresh nuance from our soils.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Alcohol by volume
 14 %
Variety
 Tempranillo
Average age of vineyard
 32 years
Vineyard surface area
 100 ha (San Vicente de la Sonsierra, Labastida, Ábalos, Navaridas, and Elvillar)
Planting density
 3,333 plants/ha
Altitude
 483 m
Yield
 4,000 kg/ha - 28 Hl/ha
Harvest
 Hand-picked in 12 kg crates from 26 September to 9 October
2019 VINEYARD CYCLE

2019 was a dry year. The lack of water during May, June, and July affected the vineyard, with temperatures slightly higher than average, even during winter and autumn. In fact, it can be considered the warmest year of the decade, with days when temperatures were higher than normal, and a heatwave at the end of June and start of July that unusually saw temperatures topping 40 ºC.

The drought affected the entire ripening phase, with the berries only swelling very slightly. However, the 80 litres that fell during the first fortnight of September helped alleviate the vines' water needs, with the fruit quickly swelling.

Ultimately, the weather was kind to the harvest, which the region experiencing mild temperatures, a limited diurnal temperature range, and no mists or rainfall that could have posed a risk to production.
STORAGE, SERVING AND DRINKING WINDOW

This wine is suitable for drinking now, but it can be aged for up to 10 - 15 years if stored in the ideal conditions of: 12-14 ºC / 54-57 ºF and 60 % relative humidity.

The recommended drinking temperature is 18 ºC/ 64 ºF.
PRODUCTION

77,316 Bordeaux, 1,050 Magnum, 58 Double Magnum, and 22 Imperial bottles.

YEAR BOTTLED

August 2021



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