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Ribera del Duero

Spain: map with a pin on Ribera del DueroRibera del Duero and its surroundings: map with a pin
Ribera del Duero · SpainMap: Maison Apéro, based on Natural Earth (public domain)

Protos Crianza 2020 helps you separate what the Ribera del Duero appellation says about the whole area from what one bottle can show.

The background that matters

The vineyards lie on the northern sub-plateau along the Duero, from about 720 m to over 1,000 m, in a Mediterranean climate with marked continental character: dry summers, long, harsh winters, low rainfall and frequent frost. The diurnal range is usually 15 to 20 °C during ripening. Typical vineyard soils are ochre to reddish sandy clays and the Duero’s middle and low terraces; clay soils that hold water differ from dry, white calcareous soils.

Read it alongside this wine

This site lists Protos Crianza 2020 as a Tempranillo. The altitude, temperature and soil descriptions above apply to the appellation as a whole; the vineyards and soils behind this bottle are not identified.

Try it with the review

Check whether the Protos review links the wine’s acidity to altitude. If it does, rewrite that link as a hypothesis and note what you would need to test it, such as the vineyards’ elevation and the weather of 2020.

These are learning prompts, not guaranteed tasting results. Separate the published facts from your own observations.

Bodegas Protos Crianza Ribera del Duero 2020

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Soil and climate diagrams

Ribera del Duero: river terraces cut into a Tertiary basin: Duero, Ribera del Duero, Calcareous soils, Middle and low terraces of the Duero, Ochre to reddish sandy clays, Tertiary basin fill, Mediterranean climate with a marked continental character

Schematic block diagram, not to scale: the top shows the relief and the front face a cross-section, coloured by soil and rock type.

  • Geologically, the Ribera del Duero is a large basin formed by the end of the Mesozoic and filled during the Tertiary with detrital and evaporitic sediments: lens-shaped layers of silty or clayey sands alternating with limestones, marls and calcareous concretions.
  • The usual vineyard soils form on ochre to reddish sandy clays of Tertiary age and on the middle and low terraces of the Duero, of Quaternary age; clay soils hold water, while calcareous soils are white and dry.
  • The climate is Mediterranean with a marked continental character: dry summers, long and harsh winters, low rainfall and frequent frosts.

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