2016 Luberri Rioja Monje Amestoy

This is a very bright cherry-ruby coloured wine with brick red edges. In the nose it is complex with baslamic, vanilla and spicy notes, against a background of black fruit jams (blueberries, blackberries). A well structured, silky and magnificently balanced mouthfeel, with well integrated spicy oak on the finish. White and red meats, beef, lamb or pork roasts, game, poultry, stews, rice dishes, stewed pulses, mushrooms, cured and blue cheeses.

G RA P E H A R V E S T Manual, during October. There was in-vine grape selection and subsequently in-table. W I N E M A K I N G N O T E S Traditional, fermented at a controlled temperature of 28ºC and macerated for 14 days. C R I A N Z A In casks a maximum of four years old (30% American oak and 70% French oak), for 12 months. Completed in bottle during a minimum of 20 months before its market release.