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Ausàs Ribera del Duero Interpretación 2018

$136.00
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Ausàs Ribera del Duero Interpretación 2018
Producer Ausas
Region, Country Quintanilla de Onésimo, Spain
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 6
Product Code 19574-750

You may not have heard of Xavier Ausàs, but there’s a good chance you have heard of this winemaker’s previous employer: Ausàs worked at Vega Sicilia and its neighbour, Alión, for 25 years (with 17 of these as technical director). Xavier Ausàs left Vega in 2015 to concentrate on setting up his own, Burgundian-sized family Domaine. The following year (to much acclaim) Ausàs launched his first vintage of Interpretación. The building blocks are a number old-vine, high-grown Tinto Fino parcels concentrated around Ribera’s central belt.

While much of Ribera is bewitched by new barrels, Ausàs is notable for his refined use of oak. The grapes are subject to a cold soak and fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel and concrete vats before aging for 14 months in French oak (only 30% new): half in 225-litre casks and half in 500-litre demi-muid. The grapes are vinified by parcel and blending does not take place until just prior to bottling (unfiltered).



Ausàs Ribera del Duero Interpretación 2018

Reviews

"It's a combination of power and elegance, ripeness, and balance, still very young with marked oak and plenty of tannins. It's full-bodied with deep, ripe flavors and a dry finish.”
95 points, Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate

Reviews

"It's a combination of power and elegance, ripeness, and balance, still very young with marked oak and plenty of tannins. It's full-bodied with deep, ripe flavors and a dry finish.”
95 points, Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate

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