Protos Ribera del Duero Crianza 2021 750ml

Bodegas Protos was founded in 1927 in Peñafiel, in the Ribera del Duero DO. Its aging cellars run more than 2 km through tunnels beneath Peñafiel Castle.

The Crianza is 100% Tempranillo, known locally as Tinto Fino, from vines averaging 30 to 35 years old. Grapes are picked by hand into small boxes and sorted by hand, then fermented with native yeasts at around 75°F, with partial malolactic in new French and American oak. It then spends 12 months in oak, about a third of it new French. It's 15% alcohol.

It's cherry red with purple tints, with ripe blackberry fruit, toasty oak and fine roasted spice, and a rich but fresh, balanced palate that finishes on ripe fruit.

Against Emilio Moro Finca Resalso, Protos is a cellar-aged Crianza with a full year in oak; for a structured Ribera to serve with roast lamb, choose Protos.

Serve it at 61 to 64°F with roast lamb, grilled steak or aged Manchego.

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