DO Valles de Benavente - Brime de Urz - Zamora

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The climate is extreme continental and arid, with low rainfall (350-550 mm/year) with very cold winters (defined by the absolute minimum temperatures, the sensitive extension of the period of frost and the persistence of the mists) and dry hot summers of short duration, which makes patent summer aridity, slightly attenuated by the storms of the season and a thermal oscillation accused because by reducing night temperatures is dampens the sensation of heat suffered during the day.

Adjustments of labelling:

"Crianza", "Gran Reserva", "Reserva", "Oak" .

Grape varieties:

White: Verdejo *, Castilian Malvasia (Not. Doña Blanca)

Red: Prieto Picudo *, Tempranillo *, Mencia *, Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon.* Preferred variety .

Tasting notes:

White wines: have a pale yellow straw-edged. Will be characterized by aromas very marked and intensity high, with appearance of aniseed notes and other characteristic aromas of the variety. mouth presented a significant body of intensity high and a pleasant feeling retro nasal where fruits appear again.

Rosé wines: have reddish colors of cherry .Strawberries and raspberries will be characterized by very marked aromas of high average intensity which is predominantly red fruit, mainly. In mouth they manifest important body, a high resiliency, high intensity. The aftertaste feeling will be marked by the same sensations perceived in nose, with a marked fruity aspect. Some 'needle' entitlement.

Red wines: have a middle layer color  with blue tones will be characterized by very marked aromas combining red fruits, mainly Strawberry and ripe forest fruits of high intensity, such as Blackberries and cranberries.In mouth will present a high and complex structure with a marked  retro  nasal feel of fruity character.

Chemical properties:

White: An alcoholic strength of 11% in volume

Pink: An alcoholic strength of 11% in volume

Young reds: An alcoholic of 11.5% in volume

Red Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva: an alcoholic strength of 12% in volume.

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