C.V.N.E. - Bela Heredad Arano Crianza - 2021

C.V.N.E.

Bela Heredad Arano Crianza 2021

- 93 points -

The 2021 Arano was produced with grapes from the village of Moradillo de Roa, five plots of 25-year-old vines that total nine hectares on stony, silt, sand and limestone soils. 2021 was marked by the snow storm of January and the autumn rains followed by a warm summer with some rain the first week of September. The wines have less concentration than in 2020 and have very good alcohol and acidity balance (14.5% alcohol, denoting good ripeness and a slow ripening, and a pH of 3.67). It fermented with selected yeasts and matured in French oak barrels for 15 months. It's serious and has contained ripeness and measured oak, with very fine tannins and a velvety mouthfeel—elegant, clean and balanced. 45,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2023.

Luis Gutiérrez, July 2024