Bodegas Muga
Bodegas Muga / Aro 2015
ボデガス・ムガ / アロ 2015
熟したレッドベリーやスパイスの香りは凝縮していますが純粋で 可憐。口に含むと豊かなフレーヴァーが広がり、繊細なアタックか ら肉厚な味わいへと変化します。タンニンが長い余韻を生み出し ています。複雑で滑らか、楽しく飲めるワインですが素晴らしい 熟成能力を秘めています。
地方:リオハ
産地:リオハ・アルタ
品種:テンプラニーリョ70%、グラシアノ30%
醸造:樹齢60年以上の古樹。発酵後、フレンチオークの新 樽に移し、3ヶ月バトナージュを施す。マロラクティック発酵 が翌年の春に終了し、18ヶ月樽熟後さらに最低12ヶ月瓶熟。
Sensations of fruit to the fore, recalling red fruit and small, very ripe wild berries (blackberries, redcurrants, wild strawberries…), floral (violet petals) and mineral (graphite, iron) notes. Spicy hints of cinnamon and black pepper from the ageing. With the oak very well integrated which displays the high quality of the selected wood.
Potent structure on the palate, full-bodied with firm tannins of great elegance and quality, balanced by splendid acidity. It gives a sense of solidity with no cracks or sharp edges, hearty, with great balance and a sensation of freshness.
Full of flavour, supple and broad ranging reminders of fruit, minerals and spices in the mouth aromas. The sensations on the nose are reproduced, but perhaps sharper and better defined. A long, full, elegant aftertaste.
Vinification: Fermentation always occurs naturally and spontaneously. The grapes will always ferment in small wooden vats with a low capacity, no temperature control and indigenous yeasts. Maceration times can vary but may go on for as long as two or three weeks. Ageing for 18 months in new French oak barrels. After ageing the wine is lightly fined using fresh egg whites.
Bodegas Muga
ボデガス・ムガ
ボデガス・ムガは1932年にイサック・ムガ・マルティネスによって設立された家族経営のワイナリーです。リオハのワイン産地の中心部、バリオ・デ・ラ・ スタシオンに位置し、現在は3代目が伝統を受け継いでいます。畑はリオハ・アルタにあり、細心の注意を払ってブドウ栽培を行っています。手摘みで収穫した ブドウは厳しく選果をした後、除梗をします。ムガでは伝統的な手法を貫き、発酵から熟成まで全て樽を使用しており、発酵用のセラーには90個の木樽の発酵 槽が設置されています。
スペインでは珍しく、3人の樽職人を雇い、品種やワインのタイプに合わせで全て手作業で樽を作っています。澱引きは全て重力に沿っ ておこない、清澄には卵白を使用します。伝統を重視することがワインそのものを重視することでもあると考えています。
Bodegas Muga is located in the historical Barrio de La Estacion (railway station district) in Haro. The facilities (270,000 square feet) are two centuries old, built mainly of stone and oak. In fact, oak is paramount in the winery. There are 200 oak deposits as well as 14,000 barrels, made out of different types of oak ranging from French oak (Allier, Troncais or Jupilles), American, Hungarian, Russian, and even a small consignment of Spanish oak.
The Muga family always uses the finest materials and is open to new techniques that provide greater quality without losing authenticity. The Mugas favor traditional procedures to produce each of their wines. Through the natural process of fining, the suspended particles that appear in the wine are eliminated. Decanting is carried out by the traditional method of gravity flow, and Bodegas Muga is the only cellar in Spain with a master cooper and three in-house barrel-makers.