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• Campillo Gran Reserva 1995 has obtained the Citadelles Award in Bordeaux

  25.6.2009

  Campillo Gran Reserva 1995 has been the only Gran Reserva from Rioja DO awarded with the Citadelles Award at Les Citadelles wine contest in Bordeaux.
  
  Faustino Group has obtained 12 Medals at this prestigious and famous international wine contest, Les Citadelles du Vin celebrated in Bordeaux last Saturday 20th June, just before the opening of the Vinexpo trade fair.
  
  Campillo Gran Reserva 1995 has been awarded with the Citadelles Award, the most important award, among more than from 30 different countries and 300 denominations of origin wines represented.
  
  This wine has been the only one Gran Reserva from Rioja DO awarded with this magnificent award at this contest, wich awards has been given during the Vinexpo trade fair, taking the opportunity of the important international renown of the fair.
  Campillo Gran Reserva 1995 is a carefully made wine, down to the last detail. Its secret lies in the origin of its grapes from hundred-year-old, low-yield Tempranillo vines that are harvested into small picking boxes and selected on arrival at the winery. The wine is aged 24 months in Allier oak casks that have been dried for 3 years, and stands out for its power and freshness. Cherry-red with purple tones in the rim, it opens up its aroma after gentle oxygenation in the form of generous notes of red fruit combined with nuances of oak. Good attack with moderate acidity. Full-bodied with a good tannic structure moving towards a long, pleasant aftertaste.
  Other Grupo Faustino wines has obtained as well these other Silver awards:
  Campillo Reserva Especial 2001, Campillo Crianza 2005, Marqués de Vitoria Gran Reserva 1998 and Faustino V Reserva 2004.
  
  These awards come to add to the last rewards obtained in domestic and international wine contests by the Grupo Faustino wines.