Ontanon Antologia (Spain)

Another banging Rioja from our friends at Ontanon.

Ontanon Antologia - or 'anthology' - has pronounced berry fruit aromas with lightly spicy, oaky notes and a hint of liquorice. The palate has strawberry, raspberry and red cherry characters, silky and elegant with fine tannins and good length.

Produced from a blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha and Graciano grapes selected from a dozen exceptional plots in the Sierra de Yerga mountains - ranging from remote vineyards on the hillsides near Quel to the Gatún peak. After hand-harvesting the bunches are transported to the winery and placed in cool storage before undergoing selection. This is followed by maceration, fermentation and racking over a period of 12 days. The wine is then transferred to oak for malolactic fermentation, and is aged for 12 months in new French oak before bottling.

A wine worthy of a rib-eye steak.