El Regulatory Council of DOCa Rioja has granted the official assessment of 'VERY GOOD' to the harvest of Rioja 2017. After adequate progress through the end of a complicated vegetative cycle. This has been marked by the harsh frost in April and the drought. It offered very satisfactory results in quality.
In total, 249,57 million liters of the harvest 2017 have obtained the right to certification as wines protected by the DOCa Rioja. From them, 21,60 for white, 12,07 for rosé and 215,90 for red.
“We have had an interesting diversity in the wines, marked in large part by the tight productions. As well as for a result with a high potential for aging. We find fine and elegant wines with a complex and marked Riojan character, "he says. Paul Frank. Is Director of the Control Body of the Regulatory Council.
The highest ratings in recent years have been received in DOCa Rioja
This assessment of the harvest as VERY GOOD It is the result of the rigorous qualification procedure through analysis and tasting. To this, the 4.020 samples taken directly from the tanks by the technicians of the Rioja Council Wine.
“It should be noted that among the scores for the qualification of the wines of this vintage, the highest in recent years have been received. They have been extraordinary evaluations ”he emphasizes Paul Franco. Among the characteristics that define the medium profile of wines of the harvest 2017 there is variety.
The quality and health of the grape stands out
The conclusions of the vintage qualification in the Denomination They are obtained after an exhaustive tasting of all the elaborated wines that are going to be released on the market. In order to certify the quality thereof.
The requirements to pass the qualifying exam have risen in recent years. Parameters have been incorporated More demanding, with the goal that DOCa Rioja continue to be a key reference for the wines quality.
According to the report of the Authorized Service of Overseers of the Regulatory Council, a complete study of all the stages of the cycle is carried out. If the vegetative cycle of this campaign has stood out for something, it is because of the "excellent health of the vineyard, in general, in the last phase of the cycle."
A vintage that turned out to be the earlier harvest from the history of Rioja, scarce and of great quality. Characterized by the good weather that accompanied it at the end of the cycle. Due to an improvement in production expectations that were initially after a year marked by frost and drought.
«The correct vegetative evolution of the vineyard and absence of pests or diseases of importance allowed the sanitary state of the grape to be extraordinary until the end of the harvest ”, he points out. Paul Franco.
The intensification of production controls by the Regulatory Council with the objective of optimize quality it has been another of the campaign's peculiarities.
