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Ripe dark fruit meets cloves, cocoa and balsamic herbs in this Selección Especial, framed by spicy oak. Round, smooth and silky, with polished tannins, integrated acidity and a long, elegant finish of spice and fruit.
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CloseTempranillo, Garnacha, Mazuelo, Graciano
Food pairings: Red meats and roasts such as suckling lamb, or oily fish.
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Winemaking: The fruit comes from a selection of low-yielding vineyards, picked by hand into 180 kg crates and brought to the winery in refrigerated transport. It was fermented in oak vats, went through malolactic fermentation naturally in barrel, and aged 26 months in French oak barrels from Muga's own cooperage. The wine was fined with fresh egg whites and rested at least 18 months in bottle before release.
Vineyards and terroir: The vineyards lie around Haro in Rioja Alta, on terraces of calcareous clay at the foot of the Montes Obarenes and the Sierra Cantabria.
Family and history: Bodegas Muga was founded in Haro in 1932 by Isaac Muga and Aurora Caño, and the family still runs it from its winery in the town's Barrio de la Estación. Muga has its own cooperage, where coopers build and repair the barrels and large oak vats used in the cellar.
In the pictures: The Bodegas Muga building in Haro, with its Vinos Finos de Rioja sign; and the Muga winery and its tower in Haro's Barrio de la Estación. Photographs by Zarateman, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
