Bodegas Elias Mora GRAN Elias Mora Toro 14

Winery	Bodegas Elias Mora
Region	Toro
Appellation	Toro
Type	Red Wine
Varietal	Tempranillo
Vineyard Size	70 hectares
Soil	Clay over limestone with sand and pebbles on the surface
Vineyard Orientation	750 meters
Average Age of Vines	80 years old
Farming Practice	Organic – Non Certified
Maturation	Aged for 17 months in new French oak barrels
Vintage	2014

This wine is produced from the single, more than 80 year old, Senda del Lobo vineyard. It is located right next to the winery on the outskirts of San Roman de la Hornija. Soils are composed of limey clay with sand and large stones. Yields are around 15hl/ha. Grapes are selectively hand harvested and sorted again at the winery prior to processing. A 3 day cold soak is followed by alcoholic (14 days) and ML (21 days) in stainless steel tanks. After 12 months in new French oak barrels there is a selection of barrels with selected lots, which comprise this wine seeing an additional 5 months of aging in barrels; a total of 17 months in oak. Fined with egg whites and bottled unfiltered. This wine is “Viki´s soul”, grapes that come from single, unique and very old parcel, made only the exceptional years during which grapes show balance, elegance and freshness above all.

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92pts View from the Cellar– 2014 vintage

The 2014 Gran Tinto from Elias Mora is from their oldest parcel of vines, as these tempranillo vines are fully ninety years of age. This vineyard also sits up at elevation, being planted at seven hundred and fifty meters in a stony sand and clay soil foundation. The spends seventeen months in French casks prior to bottling and the 2014 is a full fifteen percent octane. It offers up deep and ripe bouquet of black cherries, dark berries, cigar ash, a good base of soil, spit-roasted meats and smoky oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, complex and very nicely balanced, with a bottomless core, excellent focus and grip, ripe, well-integrated tannins and a long, complex and gently chewy finish. This is really good wine, and only shows a touch of backend heat, which is pretty remarkable for a wine that is fifteen percent alcohol! 2024-2050.

92pts Wine Enthusiast– 2014 vintage

Espresso, licorice and smoky notes frame black cherry, currant and sanguine flavors in this firm red. Shows good density, with enough acidity to stay lively. A sleeping giant. Best from 2021-2035.

Bodegas Elias Mora GRAN Elias Mora Toro 14