12 Linajes Reserva 2021 - D.O. Ribera del Duero

VINTAGE: 2021
PRODUCER: Bodegas Gormaz
APPELLATION:  Ribera del Duero
VARIETALS: 100% Tempranillo (Tinta del Pais) from 80 year-old vines.
AGEING: 24 months in French and American oak barrels. (70% NEW)
ALCOHOL: 14%

ANNUAL PRODUCTION:  30,000 btls.

RATING: 93 Points, “Editor’s Choice” Wine Enthusiast.

Toasty blackberry and cassis aromas with a firm, compact palate but not fiercely tannic. Flavors of spiced blackberry, plum and fig finish with the right interplay between fruit and oak. Drink through 2028.

One of the 12 founders of the Ribera del Duero appellation, Bodegas Gormaz was founded in 1972. Widely known in Spain as one of the top quality brands from the region, 12 Linajes is made using only grapes from the oldest vines in Bodegas Gormaz's estate. The name makes reference to the 12 families (lineages) that got together in 1982 to establish the Ribera del Duero D.O., one of the world's finest and home to Spain's most sough-after wines.