Macán Clásico 2020
50.95€ (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / Spain
Bodegas Benjamín Rothschild Vega Sicilia
Rioja
Immediate shipment
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2020 Macán Clásico was cropped from a more generous crop. The grapes were put in a cold chamber for one night and then underwent a cold soak of three to four days, after which they inoculated the yeasts—in 2020, 25% of it was their native yeast. It fermented in stainless steel, and the élevage was 45% in new French and 5% new American oak barrels, 28% in second use barrel and 22% in stainless steel for one year. The bottled wine has 14% alcohol, a pH of 3.78 and 4.5 grams of acidity (tartaric). This is one of the most elegant vintages of this bottling so far. It has showy aromatics with notes of smoky bacon, a bit meaty, and the thing that surprised me the most was the velvety texture. 202,697 bottles, 1,998 magnums and some larger formats produced. It was bottled in August 2022.
Features
Type of wine
Pairings
Style
Occasions
Size
Appellation
Alcohol
14.5%
Grapes
Serving
Between 14ºC and 16ºC
Winemaking
Aged for 17 months in French oak barrels (70% new barrels).
Description
Macán Clásico comes from the heart of La Rioja. A wine of the past and present that honors the most authentic style of a distinguished land. It is a single varietal made entirely from Tempranillo. Its grapes are grown in limestone soils with a sandy-loam character, which is why the wine is so exquisite!
Winemaking
Malolactic fermentation takes place 30% of the time in barrels and the rest in vats. It is aged in oak barrels for 12 months, 50% in new barrels and 10% in American oak barrels handcrafted at the Vega Sicilia cooperage.
Taste
The taste of Macán Clásico is more intimate and expressive, with a gentler and more pleasant drink, a marked character of the land it comes from and a simplicity that makes it very attractive.
In the mouth it has a very fine texture, is easy to drink, can have an ethereal aftertaste and finishes without aggressiveness.
Very approachable and accessible
This is the most approachable and accessible wine of the Macán line, made according to the Bordeaux tradition of producing a first and a second wine: the two wines, Macán and Macán Clásico coexist until the classification tasting, after which the wines are left to age separately.
If you have not yet tasted this traditional wine, you will be surprised!
Shipping to Peninsular Spain
FREE shipping on orders over 200.00€ or for 18 bottles or more in 6-bottle multiples (24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54 and 60 bottles)Estimated transit time: 2-3 working days.
| Bottles | Price | Over 200.00€ |
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| 1-6 | 6.90€ | 0.00€ (-6.90€) |
| 7-12 | 6.90€ | 0.00€ (-6.90€) |
| 13-17 | 12.90€ | 0.00€ (-12.90€) |
| 18 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 19-23 | 15.90€ | 0.00€ (-15.90€) |
| 24 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 25-29 | 19.80€ | 0.00€ (-19.80€) |
| 30 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 31-35 | 22.90€ | 0.00€ (-22.90€) |
| 36 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 37-41 | 26.90€ | 0.00€ (-26.90€) |
| 42 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 43-47 | 28.90€ | 0.00€ (-28.90€) |
| 48 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 49-53 | 33.90€ | 0.00€ (-33.90€) |
| 54 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 55-59 | 35.90€ | 0.00€ (-35.90€) |
| 60 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
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