Felix Callejo Gran Callejo

What it pairs with

• Slow-roasted lamb shoulder
  The wine's mineral intensity and firm tannins are ideally suited to rich, slow-cooked lamb.
• Wild game with berry reduction
  Gamey iron richness and the wine's dark berry mineral character are complementary.
• Aged Manchego Viejo
  Hard sheep's milk cheese mirrors the wine's concentration and mineral backbone.

How to serve Felix Callejo Gran Callejo

Allow 65 minutes from open to pour.

1. Open and decant. Open 60 minutes before serving and pour into a decanter to aerate.
2. Serve at 14-16°C. Cellar temperature (14-16°C) is the band for this style. Warmer pushes alcohol forward; colder dampens aromatics.
3. Glassware. Use a Burgundy bowl with a wide opening: the bowl shape rewards the wine's structure.
4. Pair with. Slow-roasted lamb shoulder, Wild game with berry reduction, Aged Manchego Viejo. Match the wine's structure to the dish's fat and salt.

History

Gran Callejo is Bodegas Felix Callejo's prestige selection from old-vine certified-organic Tinto Fino at the highest altitudes of the Sotillo de la Ribera terroir, first produced with the 2002 vintage.

1. 2002 — Gran Callejo first vintage produced from the oldest, highest-altitude organic Tinto Fino parcels

Facts

Producer

Bodegas Felix Callejo

Grapes

Tinto Fino (100%)

Classification

DO Ribera del Duero

Oak

20 months in new French oak barriques

ABV

14.5%

Price

€60-110 at retail

Drinking window

8-25 from vintage

First vintage

2002

Organic

ORGANIC CERTIFIED

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