About the Tempranillo Grape of Rioja

About the Tempranillo Grape of Rioja

Inside real huh Tempranillo represents 80% of all grapes planted in Rio so it’s a big mobilization in Tempranillo the system greninja the Tempranillo very recently let’s say last year or two years ago after very very deep genetic analysis it was discovered that Tempranillo was born after a crossing between through grapes

Benedicto an LBD imagine I’ll be on my you’re a white grape Alvia mayor we also have it in Rioja authorised recently the name is uncrossing together with Benedicto a grape coming from Oregon because of the Albion Majoris very present in Rivera Alvia sorry Benedicto in Aragon it’s very likely that the crossing happened

In Rioja or very close to Rio that’s something very new to for you to know of course and premiere later in the in time developed different expressions in different places with me the etc etc but the real high is of course a big place you can see Tempranillo it’s a vine that

Tempranillo means early ripening Tempranillo soon so it’s quite delicate it usually it offers nice in color but not very big a medium body not very big in tannins acidity moderate acidity if they if the climate is warm it tends to lack acidity that’s why the first

Expression you can find it in very high only places as where we are Tempranillo in Rioja just to give you an idea Rioja it’s one of the smallest or Desmodus the region in Spain you can find Tempranillo in Rioja Baja just 80 kilometers far away from here

I’m Tempranillo starts it starts to be harvested in early September by the 10th of September Alfaro in here we do not have start till after the 10th of October so and this year we are starting after the almost the 20th so you can see that in planning you in a small place you

At the recent Digital Communications Conference held in Logrono, Spain, viticulturist and winemaker Rafael Vivanco addressed the conference attendees as we stood in his winery’s demonstration vineyard garden. Rafael and his brother Santiago are the third generation family members to run the historic Bodega Dinastia Vivanco. This Bodega is not only known for its outstanding wines but it has, what most wine experts agree, the greatest wine museum in the world. We moved among the grape varietals in the garden listening to Rafael speak about the most important grapes grown in the Rioja wine region. First up was Tempranillo, the most well-known and most-planted grape in Rioja. In this short slide video featuring Rafael Vivanco, he explains the origin of the Tempranillo grape, how it grows in the three areas of Rioja, and most importantly why this grape does so well in this region.