Bodegas FOS Reserva Magnum 2012 (The perfect Christmas wine)

Wine Style: Red wine

Vintage: 2012 (90 points, very dry but full body)

Drink or laydown: Redy to drink, keep up to 2035

Country:  Spain

Region: Rioja

Producer: Bodegas FOS

Grape Variety: 75% Tempranillo, 25% Graciano  

Alcohol:  13.5%

Bottle Size:  150 cl

Tasting Notes:

Deep red garnet colour. The bouquet is combines soothing eucalyptus and mint notes with a touch of caramel and cocoa. Elegant, bodied and velvety wine. It has stayed during 22 months in French and American oak.

BODEGAS FOS is a winery located in Elciego, in the heart of the Rioja Alavesa region, a privileged area for cultivating vineyards and producing great wines.

The winery, located in finca Vialba, is surrounded by its own vines in French ‘chateux’ style and has a 1000 square metre winery building divided into three premises: wine production, aging and bottling-warehouse.

The perfect Christmas wine

It is a small winery, with its own 20-hectare vineyard of Tempranillo, Graciano and Viura varieties, allowing grapes to be controlled at all times to produce high quality wines.