Vino Tinto Guarafía

Age: Joven.

Winery: Bodegas Carchelo.

Type of wood and time of passage: 6 months in a 2,000-litre cubic tank with grey granite walls.

Tasting notes for Guarafía red wine:

Medium-low ruby-coloured robe.

Suggestive and subtle aromas of flowers and small red berries, over a mineral background and very slight hints of spices.

Silky and elegant verticality. Surprising for its delicate complexity and balance, which transports all its aromas to a pleasant and persistent finish in which its mineral character stands out.

Optimum service temperature: 15-16° C.

A pairing: Guiso de carne retinta.

Ingredients: 1.5 kg. of beef retinta jarrete, 1 medium onion, 2 leeks, 250 gr. of mushrooms, 250 gr. of chorizo sausage, 200 gr. of peas, 3 carrots, 3 medium potatoes, 2 sweet potatoes, 1 l. of red wine, clove, cinnamon sticks, ground cumin, extra virgin olive oil, pepper and salt.

Elaboration:

- Preheat the oven to 175° C. Wash the sweet potatoes and put them in a baking tray. Bake for about 1 hour.

- Add salt and pepper the meat and in a saucepan with very hot olive oil, brown the meat. Set aside and reserve.

- Cut the onion and the leeks and in the same oil where we have made the meat, cook for a few minutes and add the red wine. Let it boil over medium heat until the vegetables are tender and the alcohol evaporates.

- On the other hand, in a pan, put the carrots cut into slices, the chorizo sausage also into pieces and the mushrooms cut into slices. Snicker and reserve.

- Put in a blender, the red wine that we have boiled with the onion and leek and triturate.

- Put the meat back in the saucepan, add the wine sauce and the chorizo sausage with the zahorias and the mushrooms. We also add the peas, the clove, a cinnamon stick and a teaspoon of ground food.

- Cover everything with water, season and add the potatoes peeled and cut into medium cubes.

- Let everything boil until the meat is completely tender.

- Serve the stew accompanied by a piece of batata peeled with seasoned with a little salt, pepper and extra virgin olive oil.

Exquisite!