Red wine – Bordón Reserva

Vineyards

Made with Tempranillo, Garnacha tinta and Mazuelo from vineyards from the 3 sub-zones of Rioja with different types of soils: Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Eastern slopes of the Sierra de la demanda, with north facing.
Elaboration

The selection of the fruit, the processing is based on the de-stemming of the bunches and soft pressing of the grapes to make the alcoholic fermentation and the malolactic fermentation.

Foster

The wine is aged in barrels of white oak (Ohio) medium toast and French oak for 18 months, with a racking every 6 months to facilitate the natural clarification. Subsequently remains in the bottle for refinement.

Pairing

Legumes, dishes, grilled meats or in sauces, roasted.

 

Description

Tasting notes: BODEGAS FRANCO-SPANISH – BORDÓN RESERVA

  • View: Ripe cherry Color with tone ruby.
  • Nose: Good intensity, red fruit, toffee, chocolate and cedar.
  • Mouth: Good structure and balance, tasty, fruity.

The winery

Bodegas Franco-Españolas born in 1890 as the union between France and Spain on a peak in la Rioja, when the French came to the region trying to replace their vineyards devastated by the disease of phylloxera. It was the origin of the “fine wines of Rioja”.

All this led to Frederick Anglade Saurat, natural Bordeaux, to found in 1890 Bodegas Franco-Españolas. The first harvest, a year later, gives as a result the wines icon wine cellar: Diamond and Style of Burgundy. This came to be called Rioja Bordón in the years 50, and in it is redesigned as Bordón.

In 1920, fifteen years after the death of Anglade, the French sell their shares and the winery happens to be totally Spanish. The King Alfonso XIII to visit the winery in 1903 and in 1925. Ernest Hemingway will 1956.

The end of the Dry Law in the USA in 1933 and the emergence of the Regulatory Council in 1953 give a boost to exports of Rioja wines. Franco-Spanish has a presence in major european cities, in addition, in Caracas, Buenos Aires, Havana and New York. 1964 it's an excellent harvest, perhaps the best of the century.

In 1984, the entrepreneur Marcos Eguizábal (1919 – ) buy Bodegas Franco-Españolas, and in 1990 it is celebrated the first centenary of the Winery. In 2012 it renews the image of the wines Diamante and Rioja Bordon, and in 2013 the warehouse receives the award for ‘The Best of’ Wine Tourism in the category of Innovative Experiences.

In the winery he celebrates his 125 anniversary and in , Borja Eguizábal assumes the direction, giving way to the third generation of the family Eguizábal, as owners of the winery. In Rioja Bordón is relaunched, that happens to be a Staff, with a new concept: “Unabashedly classic”.

Its privileged location, on the banks of the river Ebro, has made Bodegas Franco-Españolas witness of the history of Logroño. In the hands of the Family Eguizábal from 1984, is currently immersed in new projects and is a leader in the supply of leisure and culture of The Rioja with their varied proposals for wine tourism.

 

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Weight 1.5 kg
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