Type of Wine: Red Gran Reserva Winery: Tinto Pesquera Regions: D.O. Ribera del Duero Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Winemaker: Alejandro Fernández, Winemaker: Alejandro Fernández Barrel type: American oak barrels Permanence in Barrel: 24 months Capacity (cl): 75 Service: Temperature of 18º C. Bottled: 01/01/2001 When it comes to making aging wines, Alejandro Fernández is a true genius. Perfectly aware of the potential he has in his hands in some outstanding vintages, Alejandro shapes jewels with a long and complex life cycle, wines that continue to demonstrate their character many years after the harvest. This is the case of Pesquera Gran Reserva 1999, a great red vintage that thirty years ago opened the doors of the Ribera del Duero to the rest of the world. This wine is only made in special vintages, when the quality of the grapes is exceptional. Then it is harvested at its optimal moment of maturation and the classic process that has made Alejandro Fernández's wines so famous is followed and which culminates with a long aging in American oak barrels - 24 months, to which another 36 must be added. in bottle-. The objective is to make an authentic wine for aging that matures in the bottle like a real living being.