Venus la Universal Dido Tinto 2021

Venus la Universal Dido Tinto 2021

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My Tasting Note: Medium ruby, purple flecks no doubt from the garnacha.  The nose is med/med+ with fresh primary and crushed stone notes. A youthful, exuberant nose and palate are very fresh are spiked with floral, savory and spicy notes.  Crushed red berries, cherry, and currants mix with a touch of licorice, lavender florals, and mixed spices, all seemingly mashed together over crushed rocks.  The palate is medium bodied, fresh and just leaning nicely into med+ acidity. Med+ finish, a very fresh and stony red here - for the rockheads!

93WA (2019 - no 2021 score yet) (2019 resembles 2021 more than 2020 that received a 93WA) The red 2019 Dido was produced with grapes from their younger vineyards on granite soils, a blend of Garnacha, Syrah, Cariñena, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon matured in oak containers of different sizes and concrete (mostly). The whole Dido range represents amazing value, and the red is no exception. The grapes from granite soils (the Garnacha) have a long maceration and the rest (in limestone) have shorter macerations, and all of these things give it complexity. I almost always get some aromatics from the Syrah (which can represent 25% to 30%); it's a grape that has contained alcohol on granite, even if the final blend is 14% (and the same in 2020). It's juicy and has fine tannins, and it's balanced, very complete and easy to drink but with complexity and depth.

This is a tribute to the youth, tenacity, and their love for Garnatxa. The wine, from the plots of Falset, exhibits a delicious fruit and grows in concrete tanks to hold an extraordinary freshness and purity. Garnatxa coming from gravel is an explosive fruit expression and turn a deep dark contrast due to day versus night temperature.
Grapes: Garnatxa 70%, Syrah 20%, Carinyena /Merlot/Cabernet Sauvignon 10%
Vineyard: This wine comes from a plot of 10 hectares of degraded granite land called gravel. The sandy gravel structure and graceful texture changes temperature rapidly depending on the climate. It heats during the day and cools at night, allowing the grapes a good and long maturation.
Vinification: Very hands off, several weeks macerations in concrete, longer for the garnacha. 
Maturation: 40% of the wine aged for 14/16 months in different wood barrels from 300L up to 4000L and the remaining 60% in concrete tank to emphasize the fruit.