2019 Vizcarra Ribera Del Duero "Ines", Ribera Del Duero, Spain

ABOUT THIS WINE

Inés is a limited-production wine of 2000 bottles, made only in the very best vintages from two of the oldest parcels on the estate. Named for Juan Carlos’ youngest daughter, Inés features a dollop of old-vine Merlot and Albillo in the blend, which gives it a bright, silky character and bolsters its elegance. Old-vine Tempranillo (90%) is blended with younger-vine Merlot (10%) to create a complex, full-bodied red from Ribera del Duero. The wine sees 16 months aging in French and American oak before bottling. 

ABOUT THIS PRODUCER

Juan Carlos Vizcarra is a man of intensity, passion, and incredible ambition. Though his family has grown grapes in northern DO Ribera del Duero for more than four generations, he was the first to make estate-bottled wine from this fruit starting in 1991. The story goes that when he was a boy, he noticed that the historic estates of Vega Sicilia and Pesquera would come to his family in bad vintages to buy fruit. Realizing that his family must have truly special vineyards of the highest quality, Juan Carlos took it upon himself to begin producing wines to express this blessed terroir and heritage. Juan Carlos and his wife have 2 daughters, the youngest of which is Ines. As one might imagine, Inés and her sister’s bottling (Celia) are the flagship wines of the Vizcarra estate. Production every year amounts to a total of 2100 bottles, and comes from a single, steeply sloped vineyard featuring some of the oldest and most pristine vines on the estate. Like all the wines at the tiny winery at Bodegas Vizcarra, Inés is made using gravity-fed winemaking to preserve the freshness and elegance that are intrinsic to the limestone-inflected plantings found in northern Burgos. Meticulous in everything he does, Juan Carlos applies his detail-oriented approach to every facet of the winemaking process. This is a wine meant for the cellar, and, stored properly, will continue to improve for at least 20 years in bottle.