| Type | Red wine |
|---|---|
| Region | |
| Grapes | |
| Producer | |
| Allergens | Contains sulfites |
| Alcohol contenti | 14.5% |
Nekeas Los Olivos Reserva
2016Bordeaux character at home in Navarre
Spec sheet
The wine
A powerful and structured red wine with a strong personality, the result of a perfect blend of two of the most loved red grape varieties in the world: Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
What does this wine taste like?
Black fruit and vegetal notes but not green ones. Unaggressive, ripe, peppery aromas create an extremely elegant aromatic portrait alongside notes of ripe fruits, leather, caramel, coffee, pencil lead and eucalyptus.
The ageing process serves to round the wine off but not to hide its fruitiness or the minerality of the land. It has a rounded feel in the mouth with notes of fruit and wood perfectly integrated over a canvas of jam and toasted bread. It has a velvety, round and long finish.
View | Cherry red / Abundant tears |
|---|---|
Bouquet | Complex / Fruit aromas / Ripe fruit / Raisins / Honey / Caramel / Eucalyptus / Beeswax / Leather / Mineral notes |
Mouth | Rounded / Fruit notes / Well-integrated wood / Marmalades / Toasted bread / Pleasant finish / Velvety / Long |
Drinking and storing
Serve between 16º and 18º C in a Bordeaux-style glass. We also recommend decanting the wine.
Best enjoyed within 7-9 years after its harvest date.
Serve between 16ºC and 18ºC
Food pairing
Lamb / Veal / Pasta with bolognese sauce / Cured cheeses
Customer reviews
Winemaking
The two varieties are vinified separately unless the evolution of their development allows for an earlier blending. They undergo a 25-day maceration followed by malolactic fermentation in an equal combination of new and pre-used barrels. The two wines are then immediately blended together and left to age for between 15 and 18 months in French oak barrels, which have been used once, with frequent decanting.
| Ageing period | Between 15 and 18 months |
|---|---|
| Barrel age | Semi-new |
| Type of wood | French oak |
Vineyards
Cabernet Sauvignon vines planted in La Ermita, the most emblematic estate in Nekeas. It is located in the heart of the valley, near the old San Juan chapel. A poor soil covering which is barely 10 cm deep means the roots have to struggle to find a hold and survive among rocks. The Merlot vines are in the Santa Eulosia estate, the oldest plot run by the winery, found on a south-facing slope of stony ground with very little water retention.
| Soil | Stony |
|---|---|
| Climate | Continental with Atlantic influence |
The winery
Bodegas Nekeas
Nekeas is situated in the 'valley of the stars', Valdizarbe, where vine cultivation is only made possible due to the presence of the Sierra del Perdón: a mountainous barrier that protects the Nekeas valley from the cold winds of the Pyrenees. The Atlantic (it lies 70 km from the Atlantic Ocean) and Mediterranean climatic influences, and a diverse collection of rocky outcrops due to the irregular nature of its mountain geography (red, white and brownish-grey clay, rocky-stony...
