Jose Luis Ripa - Rosado 2020 (750ml) Spatlese

Jose Luis Ripa - Rosado 2020 (750ml) SpatleseThis rich, gastronomic ros is aged for 30 months in large neutral oak before bottling, giving a savoury, smoky nose, with dried fruit and undergrowth and a precise refreshing finish.

Fine floral tobacco touches

Crisp and aromatic with notes of luscious grapefruit

The wine shows a beautiful bright red color and an explosive and intense nose of red fruits - crushed strawberry and cassis

for a grape variety so closely allied to elevage in oak barrels

The finish is long and balanced with lingering fruit

black cherry syrup

fruit and then finishes fresh

which is an appellation contrôlée Pauillac and was ranked as a Classified Growth in 1855

causing vine stress in some areas of Bordeaux

this soil provides vital nutrients to the vines and gives the wines a pronounced mineral edge

The palate is medium-bodied with granular tannins

but is also full of rich fruit pared down by a slate texture