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

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Other Varieties
Not ready
Tim Atkin MW
93/100
Product: 20208136183
2020 Flor de Silos, Cillar de Silos, Ribera del Duero, Spain

Description

A lifted, red fruit nose, bright and expressive. Great power on the palate, delicate, rich and velvety depth, lush and dark fruit, plus a hint of oak. Fine-grained, grippy tannins and well-judged acidity keep it all in balance on the long and fine finish. This is a lovely wine and will give joy from 2023 - 2030+.

Chris Pollington, Senior Account Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd

A lovely, complex nose. Perhaps one of those wines you can happily pick out flavours from throughout an afternoon or evening. Alongside the fruit, there is so much more, with savoury aromas and a hint of liquorice. Whilst the fruit on the palate is more prominent, it is again the beguiling savoury element. For me, this is the most interesting of their top 2020’s, and it will be fascinating to see how this develops.

Matthew Cobb, Account Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Other Varieties
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Cillar de Silos

Critics reviews

Tim Atkin MW 93/100
Flor is a single-parcel wine, sourced from the Altos de Revilla vineyard in Gumiel de Izán that was planted in 1927 and 1930. With malolactic fermentation in new French oak, this is smooth and well-balanced, with plenty of backbone and grip, mocha and cigar box top notes, and a blackberry and blood orange fruit core.Drink 2023 - 2030Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com
Drink 2023 - 2030
Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com

About this wine

Other Varieties

There are over 200 different grape varieties used in modern wine making (from a total of over 1000). Most lesser known blends and varieties are traditional to specific parts of the world.
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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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