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About the wine
Top-shelf tipple from Carlos' ventures beyond Rioja
- The almost forgotten wine region of Ribera Sacra in North-West Spain is where Carlos set his sights on for this his next, and if we may add, monumental, challenge.
It’s a hands on affair, where colossal amounts of dedication and commitment are required to overcome the challenges of growing organically here. Is it really worth all the effort we hear you ask? Hell yeah!
This is an unctuously smooth wine that had us waxing lyrical about it’s silky tannins and delicious flavours of both red and blackcurrants. Its unashamedly Old World in style and, if you can resist the temptation to drink it now, a perfect bottle to be laid down for a good few years.
Best before
Drink now to 2027
Serving advice
Serve at 14-16°C and decant 30 mins before serving
Food match
Perfect for pork, chicken, turkey, medium cured and creamy cheeses, fatty fish such as tuna or mackerel
Contains sulphites
Always check the label
Spain
Ribeira Sacra
Mencia
Fruity Red
12.0% ABV
75cl
Vegan
Vegetarian
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Carlos Rodriguez
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Before joining the Naked family, Carlos Rodriguez was a leading consultant oenologist. In plain English? He travelled all over Spain helping other people make their wines taste amazing. Despite his success, his ultimate dream was to fund his own winery – although he used to joke he’d need to rob a bank to get the cash.
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His life changed in 2010 when someone forwarded him an email from us. He almost deleted it thinking it was spam, but luckily he didn’t and, as he puts it, "the rest is history". Carlos became a Naked legend and achieved the dream he always thought impossible – opening his own winery and making his own wines. All because of people like you.
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Best known for his knock-out Riojas, Carlos uses his insider knowledge from years spent on the road to snaffle up the absolute best parcels of grapes Spain has to offer. And when he isn't crafting those award-winning Riojas? He swaps his winemaking hat for "dad duty," spending his weekends cheering on his kids at the football pitch.
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