Ostatu Gran Reserva 2015


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Exclusivity of vintages. Tempranillo and Graciano. An elegant expression of the potential of great vintages in Samaniego. 24 months aging in oak casks, 5 months in oak tub and more than three years in the bottle give us a long life wine, elegant and perfumed, with excellent acidity and freshness.

  • Vintage: 2015
  • Vintage Classification: excellent
  • Bottled: April 2018
  • Production: 4.200 Bottles
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Tasting notes


  • Deep dark cherry colour.
  • Intense, complex and full of sensations that contrast through the aromas of candied fruit, woodwork, tobacco and fine cocoa.
  • Sweet, soft and very velvety.
  • Spicy, with ripe tannins and a long finish

Viticulture & vineyards


  • The grapes come from our vineyard "El Rincón" located on small south facing slope, ready to take the morning sun, at an average altitude of 600m above the see level.
  • Poor clay soil, very poor. The subsoil is made up of various layers of earth and white rock
  • Wine-maker & vineyard management Sáenz de Samaniego family.
  • 85% Tempranillo, 15% Graciano
  • Plantation density: 3.000 vines/hectare.
  • Goblet pruning.
  • Production: 1.5 kg/vine
  • Hand harvested, in 15 Kg boxes, on 11th October.

Wine-Making


  • Vineyard grape selection, only the best grapes are taken to the winery.
  • Light destemming process to avoid damaging the grapes, without wringing out. Pre-fermentation cold maceration.
  • Alcoholic fermentation in small capacity vats for 21 days at a maximum temperature of 28°C. Reworking and breaking up the cap as appropriate during the fermentation.
  • Malolactic fermentation in new French oak casks. The wine is aged for almost 24 months in 50% new and 50% for the 1st and 2nd year French oak cask. After that, the wine goes to a wooden vat for extra 5 months ageing.
  • This wine does not undergo any stabilisation process.
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