Torre De Barreda Tempranillo 2006 red wine is a magnificent and highly rated wine from Spain. It's an excellent Tempranillo with ripe and clean chunky red fruit but no overripeness or residual sweetness. It has an amazing concentration of red fruits, with a good backbone of tannin and acidity. With its 89 points rating, it is perfect with roast meats or stews, however this wine of great personality is perfect by itself. The special Tempranillo grapes from the Pago de Pancierto y Monte Alto vineyards are specially selected and vinified. After 4 months of aging in American and French oak barrels the Tempranillo is once again aged for 6 months in the bottle. It is recommended that you uncork the bottle 15 to 20 minutes before serving and decant the wine.

An hour south of Madrid, the Barreda family has a 350 hectares estate that in partnership with Georges Pauli from Château Gruaud-Larose. They produce top quality wines using the oldest Tempranillo vines on the estate. The Barreda family has an extensive wine making family in La Mancha, Toledo, Spain. Barreda House was built in 1642, at which time they produced small quantities of wine. In 1945 the current winery was built on that same land that the family built the original house. It was one of the first wineries built after the Spanish Civil War, and the first winery from the Province of Toledo to receive the D.O. Mancha. Their wines are mostly sold in Spain, where they are extremely popular.

RATINGS: 89 Points - Wine Enthusiast - Robert Parker