In Convento Oreja we put in the elaboration of all our wines, in addition to the best Ribera del Duero grapes and the excellence in their elaboration, an important dose of passion. In this case, we have also selected for the last three years the wine from the barrels that could best transmit that passion to you.

The result is exciting. And we have named it Selección de Familia.

Convento Oreja Selección de Familia 2020. A very exclusive wine of which just 1717 bottles have been bottled.

At the beginning of October 2020, with the Tinta del País ( Tempranillo ) grapes from a unique plot in the highlands of Mélida  in Peñafiel at almost 950 meters of altitude, a spectacular red wine fermented.

A dry and warm winter and a spring in the same line led us to a somewhat hotter than usual summer that led to the harvest of this plot on October 1^st.

Once the malolactic fermentation is over, we fill 24 French oak barrels from different cooperages, half of them new. And there, the adventure began.

The Ribera del Duero Council has qualified the vintage as "EXCELLENT" due to the intensity of color, the frankness of the aromas and a balanced acidity that suggest a great behavior after maturation in barrels.

As in the previous vintage, we closely monitored the 24 barrels. During the months that it remained in the barrel, we tasted and analyzed each one of them, doing tests, racking and analyzing again and again. At the end of the first 14 months we selected 6 barrels that we felt had the potential to make an exceptional cuvee.

After 20 months we decided that this was the wine we wanted as our Selección de Familia 2020. This year we were surprised that some of the barrels that made it to the final were not new barrels. Two one-year-old barrels stood out that had already helped to age our 2018 crianza and helped to assemble this new wine that seemed exceptional to us.

A long and fun process that has brought us to this very special wine

A wine with a beautiful garnet color with aromas of black fruit and a touch of balsamic highly integrated with spicy memories. On the palate it is very structured, broad and, above all, very velvet. It is very balanced, fresh and persistent.

It is a fantastic wine at the moment and probably a wine that due to its characteristics will evolve wonderfully in the bottle for many years.

Variety 100% Tinta del Pais ( Tempranillo)
Fermentation: 5 days at 22 degrees C.
Maceration:   9 days.                                             
Aged 4 months in french and american oak barrel.

Tasting notes: Medium black plum colour with violet tones. Hints of spices, coffee and vanilla on the nose, and also red fruit. On the palate, it is warm, fresh and pleasant with a long finish.

Variety 100% Tinta del Pais ( Tempranillo)
Fermentation: 5 days at 22 degrees C.
Maceration: 21 days.                                           
Aged 12 months in french oak barrel.

Tasting notes :Intense Cherry-red colour. On the nose it is complex and elegant with ripe red berry fruit aromas mixed with balsamic hints of spices and cacao. On the palate it shows well balanced taste with a delicious finish.

Variety 100% Tinta del Pais ( Tempranillo)
Fermentation: 8 days at 22 degrees C.
Maceration: 28 days.                                       
Aged at least 18 months in french oak barrel.

Tasting notes :Deep cherry colour with purple rims. On the nose is deep and long, well balanced between the black fruit and reminiscent of vanilla and leather. The oak presence is very refined and elegant. Hints of spices, cacao and coffee. On the palate is velvety and round with smooth tannins. It has an elegant and long aftertaste