Bodegas Vegamar, Esencia Red - 2020

Name: Bodegas Vegamar, Esencia Red
Brand: Vegamar
SKU: 48511
Price: 49.96 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 48511 750 mL

An full-bodied red wine for the table that's jammy and powerful on the palate. Made with equal parts of Syrah and Garnacha and aged for a year in French oak barrels before bottling. A crowd pleaser that will satisfy the California wine lover or fan of rich ripe wines alike. Pair with a New York strip steak.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2020

Country

Spain

Region

Valencia

Producer

Vegamar

Grape Variety

Grenache

Syrah

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Glossary

Spain

Central to the Spanish winemaking philosophy is the belief that wine should be released only when it is ready to be consumed, and not a moment before. Spanish wine law focuses squarely on this issue: the terms Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva are highly regulated indicators of the amount of time a wine has aged prior to its release. In Rioja, Navarra, and the Ribera del Duero (which have the most stringent requirements) red Crianzas must be aged a minimum of two years; Reservas, at least three...

Grenache

The Grenache grape (a.k.a. Grenache Noir) produces relatively pale, fruity red wines that often stop just short of sweetness. Grenache is familiar to most wine drinkers as an ingredient in the blends of the Rhône and Languedoc-Roussillon, where it can add charm to varieties that are a little rougher around the edges. The distinguished Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas appellations are both characterized by significant percentages of Grenache, while in Tavel and Lirac the grape is used to make...

Syrah

We'd like to clear this up once and for all: the Shiraz grape is genetically identical to Syrah. Australian winemakers put "Shiraz" on the map (and, many would argue, vice versa), and the term is now used throughout much of the New World. Let it never be said, however, that Shiraz and Syrah are the same thing: the region in which the grape is grown determines much about the flavor of the wine it will produce. Typically, New World Shiraz yields bigger, fruitier wines than the the peppery Syrahs...