El Coto Rioja is a Rose Wine imported from Spain. It
uses Grenache and Tempranillo Grapes harvested in the higher altitudes of the
Alavesa district. The result is a clean and dry rose. Pinkish by color and
slightly acidy by taste. It is a little dry. A great wine for a summer BBQ or
offered with a cheese snack.
The wine is grown on five hundred hectares of mostly
clay, sand and limestone near the Najerilla River. The wine is then processed
and stored in American oak barrels which heighten its quality. Growing wine in clay soils leaves a higher
mineral content to the vine but also impacts the ripening time.
Rose wine is created from removing the stems and
then placing the grapes within the water. The longer the grapes sit within
water the more dark the color of the wine becomes. Rose is one of the easiest
wines to produce. Because of the light flavoring of the rose it goes with many
types of foods ranging from Seafood to Lamb.
Expect to pay about $10 per bottle.