Finca La Mata, Ribera del Duero Red

Isaac Fernández’s Finca La Mata bottling is made from much older vines than the Rios De Tinta, as these tempranillo vines are fully sixty to eighty-five years of age! They are farmed organically, fermented with native yeasts and raised in a combination of ninety percent French and ten percent American oak casks for one year prior to bottling. The wine delivers a deep aromatic constellation of black cherries, sweet dark berries, pomegranate, dark soil tones, cigar ash a nice touch of fresh nutmeg and a sound framing of cedary new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full- bodied and ripely tannic, with excellent depth of fruit, a good base of soil, lovely focus and balance and a long, complex and promising finish. Though this is also listed at 14.5 percent octane, it shows no signs of uncovered alcohol on the backend. This is going to be an excellent wine with a bit of bottle age and is a very, very good value! 2030-2060+.

Winery: Isaac Fernandez Seleccion
Appellation: Ribera del Duero
Average age of vines: 60-85 years old
Farming Methods: Practicing Organic (not certified)
Maturation: Aged for 10 months in a combination of 90% French and 10% American
Soil: Sandy clay with abundant gravel
Varietal: 100% Tinta del Pais (Tempanillo)
Vineyard Orientation: 900 meters
Vineyard Size: N/A

Wine	Scores	Downloads	Reviews
Finca La Mata, Ribera del Duero Red 2022	90 Wine Spectator Fresh and balanced, with dark and focused blackberry paste and crème de cassis flavors accented by fragrant notes of melted licorice, chopped marjoram, graphite and loamy earth. Fine, chalky tannins define the finish. Drink now through 2029. 1,800 cases made, 1,300 cases imported. WS Top 100 – #59 92 View from the Cellar Isaac Fernández’s Finca La Mata Tinto is made from old vine tempranillo, with the vines ranging from sixty to fully eighty-five years of age. The vineyard is high elevation at nine hundred meters above sea level and farmed organically and the wine is fermented with indigenous yeasts. The 2022 Finca La Mata comes in at 14.5 percent alcohol and delivers a deep, ripe and classy nose of black cherries, plums, cigar wrapper, raw cocoa, dark soil tones and smoky oak. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, focused and shows off excellent mid-palate depth of fruit, with firm, ripe tannins, lovely balance and grip and a long, complex and very promising young finish. This is going to be an excellent wine once it has had some time in the cellar to soften up its tannins and is an outstanding value from a region where there are not all that many value-priced wines to be found these days! 2034-2065+. 92 OwenBargreen.com 2022 Finca La Mata Ribera del Duero- A really cool wine, the 2022 Finca La Mata is sourced from old vine Tinta del Pais. This is generous and round on the mouth with a vibrant acidity and dense sense of weight. Black currants and milk chocolate flavors parade with dusty minerals and damp earth on the palate. This is delicious, beautifully evolved stuff that should be consumed over the next few years. Drink 2024-2030.	Bottle Image Label Image Shelf Talker Tech Sheet