{"product_id":"las-pedreras-arquiton-rosado-2024","title":"Las Pedreras Arquitón Rosado 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a more serious rosé, so treat it like a lighter red or even a complex white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s from the incredibly exciting Cebreros wine region, high up in the Sierra de Gredos mountains west of Madrid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLots of rosé out there is made using excess grapes or juice - but this is the complete opposite. Bárbara selects the vineyards carefully, with making a great, ageworthy rosé in mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd again unlike lots of higher-priced rosé, the premium you’re paying here is for quality rather than marketing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Garnacha grapes come from south-facing vineyards in the San Juan de la Nava and Burgohondo areas - the soils here are quite fertile which means the grapes grow bigger in size, and you therefore get a higher juice to skin ratio compared to elsewhere in the valley. It’s the perfect raw material for making juicy, refreshing rosé.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow for some geeky stuff - Bárbara lets the malolactic fermentation start naturally - this gives more complexity and expression to the wine. This is a trick that she picked up in her time working in Champagne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wine is aged in old white wine barrels for six months - before being bottled in the spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the nose you get vibrant red fruit, wild herbs and even grapefruit - it’s so expressive and alive. On the palate then it’s structured, fresh and peppery, with that unmistakable minerality from the granite soils, and a gorgeous texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnjoy it with nibbles like olives and cheese as an aperitif, and it will go with all sorts of mains - it will even offer refreshment to big meat dishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou might have heard of places like Bandol and Tavel that make top quality, long-lived rosé - this wine deserves to be right in that category.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnjoy it now, but feel free to tuck a few bottles away and see how it improves over the next few years!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WineSpark","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57047503962443,"sku":"ARQTN24","price":21.17,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/0645\/5483\/files\/WS-HighKey-0236.jpg?v=1753384855","url":"https:\/\/winespark.com\/products\/las-pedreras-arquiton-rosado-2024","provider":"WineSpark","version":"1.0","type":"link"}