2019 Pagos de Araiz Navarra Crianza

A beautiful ruby-red colour, with an intense aroma of ripe red fruit, such as strawberries and raspberries, and hints of spice. On the palate it is full-bodied with light tannins and a well-balanced acidity. It's a smooth, enjoyable wine with flavours of ripe red fruit, plums, raisins and preserves with a slight balsamic touch, and a subtle finish of toasted oak. A memorable wine that pairs perfectly with lamb, beef or game dishes.

Pagos de Araiz Crianza is characterised by a delicate elaboration process. Each grape varietal is processed separately in French or American oak barrels. After that, the selection of the final ‘coupage’ that will evolve in the bottle, where it will rest for several months before going on sale. All of the varietals come from the Pagos de Araiz estate, covering a total of 240 hectares of estate vineyards of on average 20 years of age and grown on rolling slopes of sandy silt soil with pebbles. 

Tempranillo 30%, merlot 30%, syrah 20% y cabernet sauvignon 20%. 

The harvest arrived at the winery, the grapes were then separated from the clusters and transferred to vats. Temperatures and times were closely monitored in the pre-fermentation stage. Alcoholic fermentation involved daily pigeage and remontage. In order to optimize the extraction process, the must was left in contact with the skins for 15 days at controlled temperature, never exceeding 28ºC. After racking, malolactic fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks and then the wine was transferred to French and American oak barrels to be aged for 11 months.