Vizcarra - Ribera del Duero 'JC' 2021 (750ml)
Price: $42.99
| Producer | Vizcarra |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Castilla y León |
| Varietal | Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 205517 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Vizcarra Description
Juan Carlos Vizcarra, known for his intensity and ambition, was the first in his family to produce estate-bottled wine in northern DO Ribera del Duero, starting in 1991. His family has grown grapes in the region for over four generations. As a boy, he noticed that prestigious estates like Vega Sicilia and Pesquera sourced fruit from his family's vineyards during poor vintages, highlighting their exceptional quality. Motivated by this, Juan Carlos began crafting wines to express their unique terroir and heritage. At Bodegas Vizcarra, the flagship JC Vizcarra is produced using gravity-fed winemaking to preserve the freshness and elegance of the limestone-rich vineyards in northern Burgos. Juan Carlos's meticulous approach ensures that every facet of the winemaking process, from vineyard to bottle, receives painstaking attention. Farming 10 parcels by hand without chemicals, he captures the elegance and freshness intrinsic to this special land. JC Vizcarra is crafted to age, improving over a decade or more in the bottle. Avoiding over-extraction and heavy oak, Juan Carlos lets the natural power of Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) shine through, resulting in a wine that embodies the finesse and power characteristic of Ribera del Duero.
Tasting Note: Opaque ruby. An exotically perfumed bouquet evokes ripe dark berries, violet and vanilla, along with a smoky oak overtone. Sweet, seamless and expansive in the mouth, offering intense black and blue fruit flavors complemented by mocha and mineral flourishes. Supple tannins shape the smoky finish, which hangs on with impressive, dark-fruit-driven tenacity.-
Wine Advocate: 91 Points
The 2021 JC Vizcarra in the US is sold as Vizcarra 15 Meses in the rest of the markets, as it spent 15 months in barrel. It's quite ripe, with 14.9% alcohol and with abundant notes of sweet spices, smoke and toasts intermixed with those ripe berries and an earthy touch. The palate is medium to full-bodied with abundant, slightly dusty tannins and some oak-related flavors.
65,000 bottles and 1,500 magnums produced.
