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Macán Clásico 2018

£39.98 (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / North Ireland

Bodegas Benjamín Rothschild Vega Sicilia
Rioja

Parker Points: 94
Peñin Points: 94

£39.98 (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / North Ireland

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Their second wine in the Bordeaux sense is the 2018 Macán Clásico, which in the cooler and late year (they picked between October 2nd and 14th) fermented in stainless steel and matured in 50% new French oak barrels, 10% American oak barrel and 40% used ones for 12 months. The wine has moderate ripeness and alcohol (14%) in a fresher, subtler and more elegant year with good freshness (a pH of 3.75) and balance. It's young and creamy, a baby that will improve as it burns down that fat. Separating the press wine by quality and aging it separately seems to have increased the precision. It has to be one of the finest vintages for this wine; it is round and nicely textured. It could be an improved version of the 2016. 151,411 bottles, 1,053 magnums and some larger formats were filled during August 2020.

Features

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!

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