Proelio Reserva

A wine that speaks of the Sonsierra in Rioja Alta and Alavesa, of the landscapes of Alto Najerilla, Albelda de Iregua and the Moncalvillo slopes, a balanced combination of Tempranillo with small additions of Garnacha. Old bush vines and a traditional ageing process result in a wine that is fruity, lively and fresh, balanced and softly textured.

PROELIO RESERVA

DENOMINATION OF ORIGIN
DOC Rioja

VINEYARD AREA:
Head-pruned tempranillos from our estate La Asperilla in Calvijo, together with tempranillos from Abalos y San Vicente in the Sonsierra and the garnachas from Cardenas in Alto Najerilla.

VINEYARD ALTITUDE:
Tall head-pruned vineyard between 560 and 700 metres of altitude over the sea level.

SOILS:
Calcareous silt of degrading origin from bedrock composed of calcareous sandstones for the Tempranillo soils in La Sonsierra. Colluvial origin clayey sand soils with a lot of limestone from accumulation by washing for the Tempranillo in Clavijo. Ferrous sands soils with a clay bottom for the Garnacha from Alto Najerilla.

VARIETIES
85% Tempranillo of clones adapted to the Sonsierra, 15% Garnacha from old vines from Alto Najerilla.

WINE CHARACTERISTICS:
Manual harvest, the Tempranillo is destemmed and the Garnacha is fermented with stems. The fermentation is carried out by indigenous yeasts where periodic punching and pumping over are carried out to delicately wet the hat. Light pressing and subsequent malolactic fermentation. After, the two varieties are assembled and aged together.

AGEING
12 months in French, American and Eastern oak barrels with a minimum of 15 months in the bottle.

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“Proelio is a winery to keep an eye on under the new team in the vineyard and cellar.”

Tim Atkins

La Esperilla,
our battlefield

One of our most significant estates is La Esperilla, a territory that has a sentimental significance for the winery. We look for unexplored lands to obtain different wines, and here, in the soil on which La Asperilla is based, legend has it that, like all of them, it has some reality and always a little imagination, that it was where the battle of Clavijo was fought, a battle that pitted King Ramiro I of Asturias against the Muslims, and that, in reality, could be a mixture of stories from various battles.

But the importance of this estate for us is that it is here that we decided to bet on the red wines of Rioja, where we began to dream of making unique red wines that speak of that landscape at the foot of the Castle of Clavijo.

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The elaboration seen
in another way

Proelio's personality comes from the terroir; the character is refined in the winery. A simple space that is perfectly integrated into its natural environment. Large windows on the walls, which allow for work in which hardly any artificial light is used and therefore, a very environmentally friendly architecture.

We only use oak vats, where extractions are carried out in the most respectful way by means of punching. Subsequently in traditional barrels to progressively increase the capacity of the tanks, until ending up in 2,000 litre casks. For the final assembly, the concrete tanks are reserved where the wine ends its journey.

La Asperilla,
our battlefield

One of our most significant estates is La Asperilla, a territory that has a sentimental significance for the winery. We look for unexplored lands to obtain different wines, and here, in the soil on which La Asperilla is based, legend has it that, like all of them, it has some reality and always a little imagination, that it was where the battle of Clavijo was fought, a battle that pitted King Ramiro I of Asturias against the Muslims, and that, in reality, could be a mixture of stories from various battles.
But the importance of this estate for us is that it is here that we decided to bet on the red wines of Rioja, where we began to dream of making unique red wines that speak of that landscape at the foot of the Castle of Clavijo.

The elaboration seen
in another way

Proelio's personality comes from the terroir; the character is refined in the winery. A simple space that is perfectly integrated into its natural environment. Large windows on the walls, which allow for work in which hardly any artificial light is used and therefore, a very environmentally friendly architecture.
We only use oak vats, where extractions are carried out in the most respectful way by means of punching. Subsequently in traditional barrels to progressively increase the capacity of the tanks, until ending up in 2,000 litre casks. For the final assembly, the concrete tanks are reserved where the wine ends its journey.

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Camino Nalda a Viguera,46, 26190, La Rioja

941 802 943 | Fax: 941 49 00 86

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Friday: 09:00h. a 14:00h.

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