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Benjamin de Rothschild - Vega Sicilia Macan Rioja DOCa 2019 (1.5L)

Benjamin de Rothschild - Vega Sicilia Macan Rioja DOCa 2019 (1.5L)

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MACÁN

The harmony of beauty

Macán emerged from the bowels of La Rioja. A wine of yesteryear 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 lurks rather more in the background, it will have to be time that shapes its great elegance backed by the silkiness of velvety tannins. Wine with a great capacity for ageing than its junior partner and noted for its great minerality.

 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 batches of wine of the vintage are then separated, with the two wines being considered individually and showing the differences between them.

2017

DESCRIPTION

Macán is a modern and very personal take on the premium quality signature wines of the Rioja DOCa region. It is a commitment to finesse, elegance, complexity, and potency. It is also the standard bearer for Bodegas Benjamin de Rothschild & Vega Sicilia, the project launched by Tempos Vega Sicilia and Compagnie Vinicole Baron Edmond de Rothschild in 2004.

2009 saw the first vintage launch to market. Knowledge, effort, patience, and a desire for constant improvement have helped to grow a project that currently resides on a 100-hectare asset containing high-quality vineyards and cutting-edge production facilities that combine technology, tradition, and innovation.

Macán is made only from grapes of the Tempranillo variety. The grapes come from a meticulous selection of mature plots found on high terraces with poorly developed gravelly, calcareous clay soils.

The 2017 vintage definitely posed a challenge given the frost on 28 April. We had to adapt, from the configuration of the tanks to being particularly careful with extraction during fermentation, and lastly during pressing operations, whereby we kept them separate and refined them prior to blending in June. The foudre played a very important role in refining the tannin's texture during ageing and the barrel enabled us to work on the sweetness, using 50 % new barrels.

Macán 2017, a challenging vintage that we are proud of. It is a wine with character, freshness, and depth.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Alcohol by volume
 14,5 %
Variety
 Tempranillo
Average age of vineyard
 37 years
Vineyard surface area
 100 ha (San Vicente de la Sonsierra, Labastida, Ábalos, Navaridas, and Elvillar)
Planting density
 3,333 plants/ha
Altitude
 500 m
Yield
 2,000 kg/ha - 14 Hl/ha
Harvest
 Hand-picked in 12 kg crates from 15 to 27 September
2017 VINEYARD CYCLE

The winter of 2017 was mild and moderately dry. December and January were both cooler and more inclement, but the second half of February saw high temperatures (almost spring-like). 2017 will always be known for the late frosts that affected crops across the northern half of Spain. The BR-VS plots in particular received a light frost in San Vicente de la Sonsierra on 20 April. The advection frost on 28 April (a cold snap from northern Europe) was more serious, affecting areas of the vineyard.

Intermittent rainfall and good temperatures during the spring months helped speed up the vineyard's growing cycle to some extent. Rainfall increased again in June, with over 70 litres per square metre. July saw storms with some hail damage, although the good wind and temperature conditions over the next few days meant that the damage and impacts healed correctly and quickly.

Subsequent precipitation in late August and early September helped to mitigate water scarcity in the medium and deep radicular areas. The rainfall during those months favoured both plant growth and the normal development of the grape's ripening process. Harvesting was normal, running from 15 to 27 September, with good weather conditions.

STORAGE, SERVING AND DRINKING WINDOW

This wine is suitable for drinking now, but it can be aged for up to 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

40,400 Bordeaux bottles, 2,566 Magnum, 125 Double Magnum, 37 Imperial, and 5 Salmanazar bottles.

YEAR BOTTLED

 August 2019




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