Horcajo red wine of CEPA Bodega 21, this red wine of the DO. Ribera del Duero, elaborated from the varieties of grapes 100%Tempranillo.
It is the newest wine of Bodega Cepa 21, but it is already one of the best of the Ribera del Duero for its elegance and complexity, being an icon and an example of the unique terroir of the warehouse raised to its maximum expression.
From the iconic Horcajo plot, located in Castrillo de Duero (Valladolid), which etymologically means "two mountain binding point." The location of the plot and the microclimate to which the vineyard is subjected are excellent conditions for the cultivation of the vine with the aim of preparing a reference wine on the Ribera del Duero.
The wine underwent a Malolactic fermentation in barrel for 26 days, and later to an 18 -month breeding in new French oak barrels.
Almost 20 twenty years ago José Moro and his brothers, the third generation of the Emilio Moro Family Winery, they began working on an ambitious project called to lay the foundations of modern viticulture on the Ribera del Duero. The founding objective of CEPA 21 was to elaborate, with the Tempranillo As the protagonist, wines based on the wine tradition and the terroir typical of the area, but according to the new trends. In short, pure strain wines for the consumer of the 21st century.
The history of the Moro family is written since 1932 as a project of three generations rooted in the Ribera del Duero and dedicated to discovering the characteristics of its terroir to transmit them in wines with personality.
At the moment Bodegas Emilio Moro It has 200 hectares of vineyards, most of which are located around the fishing of Duero, the birth town of the founder of the winery, in the heart of the Ribera del Duero.
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