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<\/a><\/p>\nThis thick skinned complex berry bomb will fill your palate with notes of ripe red cherry, blackberry, baking spices, strawberry jam, cocoa powder, tobacco, and black pepper. A fresh, vibrant, meaty wine ready to be drunk young or cellared for extra complexity. Sounds delicious doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n
Wine breakdown:<\/strong> Fruit forward with earthy qualities, usually oak aged 6-18 months in French or American Oak, med (+) tannin, med (-) acidity<\/p>\n Yeast Suggestions:<\/strong> VRB yeast is our top suggestion due to its consistent fermentation rate and enhancement of flavor complexity while softening tannins. This yeast helps improve the mid-palate structure, showcase black and red fruit flavors, and works well with malolactic fermentation. Originating from Logro\u00f1o, Spain this yeast is the perfect pairing to your Tempranillo fermentation.<\/p>\n Tempranillo Available this Fall:<\/strong> Winemaking Tips:<\/strong> We suggest the addition of the following additives when working with Tempranillo<\/p>\n – Fermentation:<\/strong> – Aging:<\/strong> If you don\u2019t want to do a 100% Tempranillo, but are interested in blending we have a few interesting blends for you to try. Tempranillo blends well with Grenache, Cabernet, and Syrah.<\/p>\n Australian Style:<\/em> 65% Tempranillo, 25% Grenache, 10% Syrah<\/p>\n Spanish Style:<\/em> 95% Tempranillo, 5% Grenache or Syrah<\/p>\n Rioja \u201dCrianza\u201d Style:<\/em> 95% Tempranillo, 5% Grenache + Age for 2 years in a French or American Oak barrel.<\/p>\n Rioja \u201dReserva\u201d Style:<\/em> 95% Tempranillo, 5% Grenache or Cabernet or 100% Tempranillo + Age at least 1 year in barrels and 2 years in bottle<\/p>\n Rioja \u201dGran Reserva\u201d Style:<\/em> 95% Tempranillo, 5% Grenache or Cabernet or 100% Tempranillo + Age 2 years in barrel and 2 years in bottle<\/p>\n Rioja \u201dGran Anada\u201d Style:<\/em> 95% Tempranillo, 5% Grenache or Cabernet or 100% Tempranillo + Age at least 3 years on the lees in barrel. Grapes must be hand harvested.<\/p>\n Tempranillo is show stopping, crowd pleasing wine for everyone to enjoy. A great addition to any red wine drinkers cellar. Please call 877-812-1137 or email sales@juicegrape.com for more details.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Taking on Tempranillo This thick skinned complex berry bomb will fill your palate with notes of ripe red cherry, blackberry, baking spices, strawberry jam, cocoa powder, tobacco, and black pepper. A fresh, vibrant, meaty wine ready to be drunk young or cellared for extra complexity. Sounds delicious doesn\u2019t it? Wine breakdown: Fruit forward with earthy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[591,639,328,390,590,640],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tempranillo_KRV_071019.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ZM5f-xE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2086"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4410,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions\/4410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n– Grapes from King\u2019s River Ranch, Sanger, CA
\n– Grapes from Lanza-Musto Vineyards, Suisun Valley, CA
\n– Juice from Central Valley, CA<\/p>\n
\no Tannin FT Rouge<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong> to help preserve the Tempranillo\u2019s natural tannins and help preserve color. Add at the beginning of fermentation. Sprinkle into the must and punchdown.
\no Booster Rouge<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong> helps enhance your wine\u2019s color, tanninc structure, and fresh varietal aromas if you your fermentation is shorter than the grape usually needs. If you don\u2019t have a temperature controlled cellar this is a cheap and easy tool to help enhance and maintain your fruit\/wine quality. Add at the beginning of fermentation. Mix with a little distilled water, mix it up so that there are little to no clumps, mix into must.
\no Opti-Red<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong> helps your wine obtain fuller body, more stable color (helps protect against oxidized color changes), and smooths the palate. Add at the beginning or towards the end of fermentation. Mix with a little distilled water, mix it up so that there are little to no clumps, mix into must.
\no Maloactic Bacteria addition<\/strong><\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n
\no Oak Chips<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\no Oak Spirals<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\no Oak Barrels<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n