Wine time

Leader in the table

Rioja red wine is consumed mainly around a table, with meals and with family or friends.

Around this wine, hapinness is celebrated and sorrow is relieved.

Therefore, the wine must move from supporting character in the table,

to become the star of the meal.

Finding and making dishes that combine with the wine chosen,

is a challenge; an art that Mediterranean culture has completely

incorporated into everyday life.

Sample of culture and good tast

Along Rioja red wine, a culture is born, the culture of good living,

civilized people who believe in friendship and meets around the wine.

Therefore, offering wine is a gesture of hospitality and a sample of culture and taste.

Important for your health

Wine consumption is a whole lifestyle coupled with a healthy balanced diet due to the fact

that antioxidant properties and rich in polyphenols, to which a protective effect against

some diseases is attributed, predomínate in it.

As it is demonstrated by numerous scientific research, moderate consumption of wine has

beneficial effects mainly on heart disease.

Our wines

MARQUES DEL HUECO SELECCIÓN VIÑAS VIEJAS

Vino tinto rioja. Selección Viñas Viejas 2015. Bodegas Heras Cordón, La Rioja

Presentation:

Rioja red wine. Marques del Hueco Selección Viñas Viejas 2015. Bodegas Heras Cordón – La Rioja produces these premium CRIANZA wines, which are bound to delight even the most demanding palates.

Our red Rioja Marqués del Hueco Selección Viñas Viejas is a silky, elegant wine with flavours of ripe berries and a citrus background mixed with toffee, chocolate and fine dark-roasts.

It is advisable to open the wine half an hour before consuming, at a temperature of 14-16ºC.

Recommended for cold meats, all types of white meat, game and poultry.

Listing:

VINEYARD

80% Tempranillo with 17 years old.

10% Mazuelo 24 years old.

10% Graciano 24 years old.

HARVEST | The grapes are harvested by hand, sorting the healthy ripe ones, transporting them to the winery in boxes.

VATTING | In 25,000-litre stainless steel tanks.

FERMENTATION | With native yeasts at controlled temperature (30° C) for 25 days.

DEVATTING | Performed at 12 months, then fining with egg white and decanting.

PRESSED | With a pneumatic press.

MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION | It was made just after the alcoholic one in stainless steel tanks.

REMOVED OF THE BARRELS | SIt was performed after 12 months, clarifying them with egg white.

AGEING | Subsequent ageing and rest in bottle for at least 12 months in order to achieve stability.

FUTURE | Long life. A positive development is expected for at least 10 years.

PRICE | 20€

MARQUES DEL HUECO RESERVA

Vino tinto rioja. Reserva 2012. Bodegas Heras Cordón, La Rioja

Presentation:

Rioja red wine. Marques del Hueco Reserva 2012. Bodegas Heras Cordón, La Rioja has produced this premium RESERVA, based on the family tradition passed down through generations, for over 100 years.

Our red Rioja Marques del Hueco Reserva is a silky, medium-heavy wine with a long, elegant aftertaste. The mouthfeel is marked by pleasant berries with a fine dark-roasted background. Well integrated wood.

It is advisable to open the wine half an hour before consuming, at a temperature of 15-16ºC.

Recommended for cold meats, cheeses, all types of red meat, large game and poultry.

Listing:

VINEYARD

90% Tempranillo with 45 years old.

5% Mazuelo with 24 years of old.

5% Graciano with 24 years of old.

HARVEST | The grapes are harvested by hand, sorting the healthy ripe ones, transporting them to the winery in boxes and selecting them in a conveyor belt for its reception.

VATTING | In steel tanks.

FERMENTATION | With native yeasts at controlled temperature (30° C) for 25 days.

DEVATTING | Performed at 18 months, then fining with egg white and decanting.

PRESSED | With a pneumatic press.

FERMENTATION MALOLACTIC | It was made just after the alcoholic one in stainless steel tanks.

REMOVING OF THE BARRELS | It was performed after 18 months, clarifying them with egg white.

AGEING | Subsequent ageing and rest in bottle for at least 18 months in order to achieve stability.

FUTURE | Long life. A positive evolution is envisaged for at least 15 years.

PRICE | 34€

History

Rioja Marqués del Hueco wines cannot be understood without knowing their history. A family with a winemaking tradition –from grandparents to children and from parents to grandchildren– Bodegas Heras Cordón is currently located in Fuenmayor in the Rioja Alta region. This is a unique area, where the soil and climate encourage the cultivation of high-quality vineyards.

In total, we have 200 hectares of vineyards in Laguardia, Elciego and Lapuebla-Rioja Alavesa, as well as in Cenicero and Fuenmayor Rioja-Alta, with three predominant varieties: Tempranillo, Mazuelo and Graciano. From them, we obtain unique wines able to conquer the most demanding palates.