I Gran Reserva
⏳ Drikkevindue
2020 - 2030
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Roasted lamb, cured Manchego cheese, wild mushroom risotto
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Faustino I Gran Reserva is an undisputed icon of Rioja, instantly recognizable worldwide by its frosted bottle wrapped in gold wire mesh and adorned with Rembrandt's 1641 portrait of the merchant Nicolaes van Bambeeck—a design originally conceived to deter counterfeiters and shield the wine from light. Sourced from the estate's premium parcels in Rioja Alavesa, where chalky-clay soils and Atlantic influences yield grapes of outstanding structural elegance, this wine is a traditional blend dominated by Tempranillo, alongside Graciano and Mazuelo. It undergoes rigorous aging, spending at least 26 months in a combination of American and French oak casks followed by several years of refinement in the estate's dark cellars. This patient process yields a complex, savory profile defined by notes of stewed plums, leather, sweet spices, and tobacco, framed by silky tannins.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Bodegas Faustino blev grundlagt i 1861 af Eleuterio Martínez Arzok og er en ikonisk, familieejet vingård beliggende i Oyón i hjertet af Spaniens prestigefyldte Rioja Alavesa-region. Vingården ledes i dag af fjerde generation af Martínez Zabala-familien og råder over mere end 650 hektar førsteklasses vinmarker i Rioja, hvor traditionel vindyrkning går hånd i hånd med omhyggelig fadlagring. Huset er verdenskendt for sine karakteristiske flasker i matteret glas og de historiske etiketter med Rembrandt-portrætter. De hyldes for deres klassiske og elegante vine – frem for alt flagskibet Faustino I Gran Reserva, flankeret af anmelderroste Reserva-vine, udtryksfulde Crianzaer og forfriskende Cava fremstillet efter den traditionelle metode.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano, Mazuelo