FERRATUS SENSACIONES 2020

FERRATUS SENSACIONES is only made in the best years and comes exclusively from the Santa Cruz Estate. An age-worthy wine with a very personal style for those looking for exclusivity.

Grape variety: 100% Tempranillo (The red grape variety from Ribera del Duero)
Location of vineyards: Pago de Santa Cruz (1.45 hectares) in La Horra (Burgos), at 820 metres of altitude
Soil condition: Clay-calcareous

Alcohol strength: 14.5º
Total acidity: 5.24 grams/liter
Average age of vines: 60 to 70 years old bush vines
Vineyards with low production are cultivated without adding mineral fertilisers, herbicides or insecticides
Harvest: grapes are manually picked in 14-kilogram crates. Double-selection on sorting tables in the winery: first selection of grape clusters followed by second selection of grapes, berry by berry
Alcoholic fermentation: in stainless steel tanks.
Malolactic fermentation in new French oak barrels.
Ageing: 19 months in new fine-grain French oak barrels, with personalised toasting under the direction of our winemaker.
Bottling: Without cold stabilisation.
Bottling: It is not cold-stabilized, so that some sediments may appear in the bottle.
It remains in the bottle for at least 3 years before being released.
Limited production of 5,285 bottles of 750 ml.
Served at 16 to 18 grades

TASTING NOTES

Cherry red with a dark garnet rim and high layer.
The nose has a balanced combination of black forest fruits in liqueur, such as blueberries, blackcurrant, and violet caramel, with a fresh balsamic touch. Notes of nutmeg, vanilla, coconut, cocoa, and tobacco leaf, with the characteristic minerality of Pago de Santa Cruz.
It is vibrant on the palate, well-structured, and complex. Well-balanced and rich. Tasty, full-bodied, and long.
Sensaciones is only produced in the finest vintages. A long-ageing wine with a highly personal style, crafted for those seeking the most exclusive expression of Ribera del Duero.¶

FOOD PAIRING

Potential combinations with elaborate recipes where the brilliance of this outstanding wine can be appreciated to its full extent. Mushrooms, mushrooms, saffron, black garlic or black eggs, typical dishes of Japanese cuisine. Traditional spelt, rye or chocolate bread.
Soups, pulses and vegetables with flavour: sautéed red cabbage, purrusalda, smoked ratatouille with egg, tear peas with foie, Pardiñas lentils, Pedrosillo chickpeas. Stews or casseroles such as fish or meat stews, oxtail, hare in royal style or squid stuffed in its ink, capon. Also perfect with rice dishes with meat, rockfish and seafood.
Complex cheeses with a lot of maturity, aged or gran reserva such as Pule cheese (donkey), Comté cheese of more than three months (cow), Parmigiano Reggiano of more than 32 months and ancient sheep’s milk cheeses. Also perfect with cocoa, dark chocolate, or as an after-dinner drink with coffee.

THE 2020 HARVEST:

The 2020 harvest became the third most productive in the history of the Ribera del Duero D.O.

It was an unusually long harvest season, primarily influenced by changing weather conditions. It was interrupted by heavy rainfall two weeks after it began. In any case, the rain alternated with strong gusts of wind, allowing the plant to air and the humidity to dry out. Likewise, the interrupted ripening process resumed spontaneously. As a result, the fruit arrived at the winery in very good health and ripeness.

The wines of the 2020 vintage “ EXCELLENT.”

The first tastings of the wines made with this vintage point to fresh young wines with great colour and aromas. They also suggest that they will be great wines for ageing.