Pedro Martínez Alesanco Selección is our most personal wine and marks the future of our family’s wines. It is the perfect blend of the three most important varieties of our winery: Maturana Tinta, Tempranillo, and Garnacha Tinta. It is an unmistakable and stylish wine, where its varieties travel the roads of Badarán and the Upper Najerilla valley, giving us aromas of violet, lavender, ripe peach, and licorice.
TIM ATKIN: Maturana Tinta is the predominant variety in this wine, accompanied in equal parts by Tempranillo and Garnacha Tinta, which represent the other 50%. Herbal and graphite aromas give way to a palate with firm tannins, bright acidity, and aromas of raspberry and black cherry fruit.
14,82 %
Maturana Tinta 50%, Tempranillo 25%, and Garnacha Tinta 25%.
1571 days in French and American oak, with a special light-medium toast, and 450 days in bottle.
Free-range chicken raised at Aunt Lidi’s house, where it never lacks good natural feed. Tip: make the sauce with toasted almonds. Of course, if you cook this saucy chicken the way our mom Angelina makes it, you must have a good piece of bread on the side, because the sauce is pure deliciousness.
Selección is a wine born from the need to choose only the best grapes from exceptional years to show the elegance of the “assemblage”, or blend, which is classic in the best Riojas ever, and one of the keys that has made our area great.
Who better than us to know our land, our grapes, and our vineyards to obtain an elegant and fine Rioja wine? Selección is, without a doubt, our bottled essence.
It is produced from Tempranillo, Garnacha Tinta, and Maturana Tinta, a clear assertion of what is indigenous to our area. We choose the type of oak, the aging time, and the grape percentages of this special union.
All three varieties are hand harvested. Partial fermentation in tank and in new 225-liter American oak barrels at ambient temperature. Daily punching down, with no added yeasts – only indigenous yeasts, and minimal intervention in all winemaking processes. Spontaneous malolactic fermentation in barrels, with weekly bâtonnage, or lees stirring. Subsequent aging in new French oak barrels for up to 6 months before finishing in European oak with a unique toasting.
APPEARANCE: Dark, cherry red color, with purple and violet hues.
NOSE: Intense and clean red wine, reminiscent of fresh red fruit, wild blackberries, and red and black currants. Mint and balsamic notes. Rich, and high-quality toasted notes.
PALATE: The remarkable density of flavors and tannic structure are impressive. Rich, and high-quality toasted notes of cocoa, vanilla, and coconut. It leaves a pleasant impression of finesse, with a velvety base that leads to a voluptuous and long finish. It shows that elegance can be combined with intensity.
The highlight of this vintage was the growing season because of the excellent health of the vineyard in the last phase of the crop cycle. The harvest was the earliest in the history of Rioja, turning out limited yields of great quality. It was characterized by good weather at the end of the season and by an improvement in the initial production expectations after a year marked by frost and drought.
The correct development of the vineyard and the absence of major pests or diseases allowed the grapes to remain healthy.
Average alcohol content was slightly higher than the previous year, with an interesting diversity in the wines marked in large part by the tight yields and a high potential for aging. The wines are refined and elegant, complex and distinctive.
Canal del Rojo plot, planted in 1940 to Garnacha Tinta on ferrous-clay soil, goblet training, and 700 m in altitude.
Aladrero plot, planted in 2010 to Maturana Tinta and double cordon trained in ferrous-clay soil at an altitude of 650 m.
Valle San Millán plot, planted in 1984 to Tempranillo. Trained in goblet in calcareous clay soil, and at an altitude of 623 m.
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