2021 | Dominio del Águila | Picaro del Aguila

Description

Red Wine: 2021 | Dominio del Águila | Picaro del Aguila

A medium to full-bodied expression, with a silky texture, well-integrated tannins, and a refreshing acidity that provides balance and structure.

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Producer: Dominio del Águila

Ratings: WA | 94

Vintage: 2021

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14%

Varietal: Tempranillo

Country/Region: Spain, Ribera del Duero

A medium to full-bodied expression, with a silky texture, well-integrated tannins, and a refreshing acidity that provides balance and structure.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The youngest of the reds I tasted, the 2019 Pícaro del Águila Tinto is their most approachable red and is still serious, vibrant and aromatic with great length and still has good aging potential. They use the grapes from the warmest vineyards they have in the village of La Aguilera, form the northern part closer to La Horra, mostly Tempranillo but with some 5% of other varieties (red and white) interplanted in the old vineyards, fermented together with full clusters and indigenous yeasts and matured in French oak barrels for 15 months. Like the 2019 Clarete, this is young and tender and has more tension than I expected for a warmer year. It has less oak than previous years (only 10% or 15% new barrels), and the wine feels better balanced and is floral and aromatic. It’s medium-bodied with a very fine texture, a pretty wine that drinks very well and doesn’t reflect a warm year at all, as it has incredible freshness. A great Pícaro.

Producer Information

Dominio del Águila is a wine estate and microbrewery based in the village of La Aguilera, in the Ribera del Duero wine region of northern central Spain. The winery was established by Jorge Monzón and Isabel Rodero. The pair make a range of wines, predominantly from the local staple Tinta del País (Tempranillo). Following enology studies in Bordeaux and Burgundy, along with stints at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Vega-Sicilia, Monzon spent nine years winemaking at fellow Ribera del Duero mainstay Bodega Arzuaga-Navarro. Then, in 2010, Monzon and partner Rodero established Dominio del Águila in the small village of La Aguilera. The pair make a small range of wines from 30 hectares (74 acres) of old vines around the village. Although Tempranillo is the most prevalent grape in the region, Dominio del Águila blanco is made from old vine Albillo while the Picaro del Águila Tinto and Clarete is a blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha, Bobal and Albillo (the latter is also known as Blanca del País). The Dominio del Águila Reserva is a similar blend of varieties (with Tempranillo predominant) albeit from the oldest vines on the property. The top wine is the single-vineyard Canta La Perdiz (aged as a Gran Reserva): a blend of Tempranillo, Cariñena, Bruñal, Bobal and Albillo. The bodega also produces a beer called Milagritos made partly from barley grown in the region and fermented with indigenous yeast.