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2020 Torresilo, Cillar de Silos, Ribera del Duero, Spain

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Tempranillo
Ready - youthful
Tim Atkin MW
91/100
Product: 20201365353
2020 Torresilo, Cillar de Silos, Ribera del Duero, Spain

Description

Lovely deep red and black fruit; notes of blackberries and blueberries and lifted summer fruits. Rich and dark fruit on the palate, lush and palate-filling, beautiful depth and balance, bright acidity and gentle, malleable tannins, that’s very good. Much less oak than in previous vintages and is much better for it. 


Drink 2023 - 2030


Chris Pollington, Senior Account Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd (January 2023)


The winemakers’ deftness is incredibly expressive now. The restrained use of oak allows the place to express itself; this is a delicious wine. I could comfortably drink this wine now but would look forward to the tannins softening and the fruit and oak spice integrating nicely. 

Dark fruits have a lovely balance of bitterness and ripeness, deeply in the wild fruit range, that brings a deep level of complexity and refinement. Sweet spices abound provide more depth. 

A delightful wine which is good for the soul and mind!


Chris Hanssen, Account Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd (January 2023)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Tempranillo
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Cillar de Silos

Critics reviews

Tim Atkin MW 91/100
Torresilo is the most international in the style of Cillar de Silos' reds, with assertive ageing in 35% new wood. There's enough concentration and structure to soak up the splinters, with firm tannins and lots of grip and presence, but the wood somewhat masks the fruit intensity and freshness of the bodega's high-altitude vineyards.Drink 2023 - 2028Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com
Drink 2023 - 2028
Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com

About this wine

Tempranillo/Tinto Fino

A high quality red wine grape that is grown all over Spain except in the hot South - it is known as Tinto Fino in Ribera del Duero, Cencibel in La Mancha and Valdepenas and Ull de Llebre in Catalonia. Its spiritual home is in Rioja and Navarra where it constitutes around 70% of most red blends.
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Cillar de Silos

If one recalls one’s history, one will remember that it was the marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile that set Spain on its road to unity. This is a somewhat whimsical introduction to Bodegas Cillar de Silos, which is located in the heart of Castille, Ribera del Duero to be precise, but owned and run by the brothers and sister team of Oscár, Roberto and Amelia Aragón. They also manage the El Quintanal Estate in neighbouring wine region Rueda and are thus perfectly located for both red and white wine making, demonstrating all that is great about, respectively, Verdejo and Tempranillo as grape varieties. The Aragóns define the House Philosophy with the words ‘purity, fruit, low yields, long ageing and hand selection’. The wines are finely crafted but demonstrably Spanish, which is good news!
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