RODASela 2012

Very aromatic with lavender, mushroom, stone and dark fruits on the nose. Full body, ultra-fine tannins and a long, long finish. Fermented in large French oak vats. Finesse here. Drink or hold. 96% tempranillo, 3% graciano, 1% garnacha. A beauty from a beautiful year.

Fragrant aromas of ripe red berries, candied rose and incense. Spicy and penetrating in the mouth, offering juicy flavors of raspberry, bitter cherry and allspice. Shows very good focus and lift--and repeating red fruit and floral notes--on the long, gently tannic finish. This wine went through its secondary fermentation in large French oak foudres and was then moved into small, used French oak barrels for another year.

Made for the first time in 2008, Sela uses vineyards between 15 and 30 years and is a blend of Tempranillo with 3% Graciano and 1% Garnacha. It´s an accessible red, built around riper Haro fruit. Violet and rose petal aromas segue into raspberry fruit and polished tannins

The 2012 Sela will be released in March 2015, and it’s a great example of Sela. It opens to bright red fruit, more shiny than 2011, and is still pretty young showing faint lactic notes and more traces of the barrel that should be absorbed with time. 2012 could be fresher and more accessible. It’s an elegant and balanced wine, with some fine-grained tannins that will be polished with bottle age. The palate is very tasty and has almost salty flavors that are quite gentle and velvety. In 2012 Sela was a blend of Tempranillo with 3% Graciano and 1% Garnacha. 99,383 bottles were produced.

"Sela har en modern och fräsch stil som vi uppskattar och som samtidigt inte tappar ursprungs-fotfästet. Vi får fina fathintar med en liten läcker vaniljton, mjuka, fruktiga tanniner och en mörk frukt med röda, unga inslag. Vidare finner vi tobak, kaffe, choklad, körsbär och plommon. Vinet är något kort i avslutet, men resan dit är väldigt behaglig och njutsam."