Voelos Crianza 2018

VINTAGE:  2018

PRODUCER:  Bodegas Voelos

LOCATION:  Rioja, Spain

APPELLATION:  D.O.C. Rioja

VARIETALS:  100% Tempranillo

ALCOHOL:  14%

RATING:  91 Pts. Robert Parker

Garnet-red with a cherry-colored rim, this Crianza wine stands out for its complexity, freshness, and elegance. On the nose, it is tremendously fragrant and appealing. The typical red-berry fruit of the tempranillo grape comes to the fore, accompanied by more subtle notes from the aging and mineral nuances. On the palate, it reflects the marked cold nature of the vintage. It is fresh and nicely balanced, with a good backbone and cellaring potential.

Bodegas Voelos is the personal project of renowned winemaker Carlos San Pedro of Bodegas Pujanza. Carlos has created a new range of wines under the Voelos brand by selecting grapes from his own vineyards near the town of Laguardia, as well as others from friends and family north of the Ebro river. He describes the selection of grapes and the project for Voelos wines as "a way of doing, a way of looking, at the future keeping our past present."