This is the new standard of top flight Ribera del Duero, located on the fabled ‘Golden Mile’, where the very finest estates are found. It is incredibly complex, and while beautiful to drink immediately, it will also reward cellaring. It has a delectable aroma of sumptuous red fruit, liquorice, gingerbread and freshly-baked apricot flan, with the most delicate seasoning of toasted oak. Despite being a ripe and rich-textured wine, it gives the overall impression of beautiful balance and elegance. Superb. Pago de Carraovejas is a Spanish institution originally conceived in 1987 when the country's top sommelier, Jose Maria Ruiz, needed a wine elegant enough to pair with his suckling pig that he was hitherto unable to find on the market. Ever since, the wine has sold out on allocation. At the hands of Pingus winemaker, Patricia Benitiez, and with input from incredible winemakers such as Vega Sicilia's Javier Ausas, it truly is the new standard of modern Ribera del Duero wines. With some of the highest vineyards in the region at 850m elevation, the clay-rich limestone soils bring beautiful refinement and perfect ripeness to the Tinto Fino, Cabernet and Merlot grapes.
Ribera del Duero
Pago de Carraovejas
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Winemaking
This wine is treated exactly the same way as the top wines of the estate, with manual harvesting, parcel by parcel into small 14 Kg crates, they arrive to the winery within minutes where they are cooled over 24 hours in a cold room. Following two sorting tables and then a cutting edge optical eye grape sorter, only the perfect berries arrive by gravity to the tank where they are left intact to begin a spontaneous fermentation following a cold soak. With not a single pump in use in the winery, delestage is conducted using a bespoke crane system to avoid any unneccesary agitation or oxidation of the juice. As with everyhing at Alma Carraovejas, there is no compromise and for this reason, no tank is ever used more than once in an effort to increase hygiene and limit contamination. Finally, depending on the vintage, the wine is aged for around 12 months in extra fine grained French and Amrican oak barrels of 225 litres. The final coupage being 94% Tinto Fino, 4% Cabernt Sauvignon and 2% Merlot.
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Product Specification
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ColourRed
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CountrySpain
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RegionCastilla y Léon
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Sub RegionRibera del Duero
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StyleFull Bodied
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ClosureNatural Cork
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SKUK1966122
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Alcohol %15.5%
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GrapeTempranillo
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Unit Volume75cl
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VegetarianYes