Canus Verus Vina Viejas Toro

Wine information: The rapidly emerging Toro region is best known for premium reds from small, well-heeled estates who see neighbouring Ribera del Duero as the role model. While the abundance of high quality fruit from old, gnarled bush-trained vines is perfectly suited to this purpose, modest grape prices also make Toro a great source of distinctive, well-made wines at more accessible prices. Covitoro, the region's foremost co-operative, excels at this level, in particular for robust, warmly earthy Tinta de Toro from 60 year old vines. Their small plantings of Malvasia and Verdejo also give an attractively fresh white similar to neighbouring Rueda. Having escaped phylloxera, many old vineyards remain with vines on their own rootstocks. Plantings are mainly Tinta de Toro with some Garnacha for softer wines. Vineyards are healthy and virtually organic as the climate allows minimal chemical intervention. This 100% Tinta do Toro (Tempranillo), produced from one hundred year old vines in Toro's windswept and harsh vineyards, is aged in French and American oak barrels for 9 months. It is a big, bold and serious wine with dark bramble fruits, tar, liquorice and vanilla spice aromas. The well integrated oak provides structure and a toasty sweetness to this firm, meaty, leathery wine. Very complex and concentrated. Try with chorizo cooked in red wine or black pudding, with oven-roasted vegetables.

 
     

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