Plum, brilliant and intense colour that preserves a purple colour from its youth with violet hues. Elegant on the nose, notes of liquorice sustained thanks to a sort step for barrel. Dark fruit on the palate with presence of slight tannins. \n \n Producer Information \n Rioja is Spain’s most famous wine region. Wines are known for their savory, dusty flavors and ability to age. Rioja is one of few European winemaking zones that enlists the use of American oak barrels. Bodegas Ugalde is a historic winery, pioneer in making Rioja fine wines . The winery was founded in Haro in 1882 by Felipe Ugalde, one of the founding members of the rioja D.O.C. Bodegas Felipe Ugalde had a keen interest in exports from the beginning, in particular in South America where it had many agents widely distributed.