| Type | Red wine |
|---|---|
| Region | |
| Grapes | |
| Producer | |
| Allergens | Contains sulfites |
| Alcohol contenti | 13.5% |
Spec sheet
The wine
El Guía is a young wine but made differently from what is the normal procedure locally, in that only 25% is vinified by carbonic maceration, thus achieving a red with a good weight of fruit on the palate and meaty. Yet, as the winery likes to point out, this is a particularly fresh wine, in an easy-drinking style, honest-to-goodness and really enjoyable - great for leisure and pleasure drinking.
A lighter shade of dark cherry in colour, with bluish tones on the rim, the nose exudes floral notes of violets and acacias, whilst the palate is notably fresh.
What does this wine taste like?
View | Ripe Picota cherry red / Semi-opaque / Bluish glints |
|---|---|
Bouquet | Floral scents / Rose petals / Acacia blossom / Fruit aromas |
Mouth | Vibrant / Good acidity / Fleshy / Refined |
Drinking and storing
Serve between 12ºC and 13ºC
Food pairing
Traditional cuisine
Customer reviews
The winery
Finca de la Rica
When you pick up the bottles of this bodega's wines, the first thing to strike you will be their labels: how original they are, quite unusual for Rioja wines on the whole, and novel with their puzzles. But, more especially, you will be highly delighted with the great price-quality ratio of what lies waiting inside the bottles: wines that are very pleasing to the palate, elegant and thoroughly enjoyable. This winery's secret is their vineyards, 31 hectares distributed among 25...
