synergy fine wines

Dark as night, and dominated by meaty plum and beef jerky aromas. The palate is huge, with pure fruit, tannin and chocolate pooling at the finish. A new classic in every sense, with stellar balance and complexity.

Destemmed by hand with a rigorous inspection of every grape. Cold prefermentative maceration at 8º C. for the first 5 days and additionally macerated with the skins for 13 days.  Fermented in French oak barrels of 8,000 kg capacity at 28º C. Pumped over 4 times a day during the first 5 days of fermentation and twice a day during the last 5 days of fermentation. Malolactic fermentation in new French and Romanian Bordelaise oak barrels.  Aged 16 months in 21 new French and Central-European Bordelaise oak barrels beginning in November 2001. Racking every four months.

Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate : 96 Points Feb 2008

The Finca El Bosque label has become one of the benchmarks for the modern style of Rioja. The 2005 Finca El Bosque is sourced from its namesake vineyard encompassing 3.66 acres planted in 1973. It went through malolactic fermentation in new oak followed by 16 months in new, mostly French, oak. Inky purple-colored, it has a sexy nose of toasty new oak, truffle, espresso, mineral, blackberry, and plum. This leads to a muscular, tightly wound, layered wine with gobs of fruit and enough structure to evolve for a decade. Lengthy and pure, this superb effort will be at its best between 2018 and 2040.