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Grape variety: 70% Tempranillo, 30% Old
Garnacha
Alcoholic content: 14%
PH: 3.64
Total acidity: 5
Characteristics:
This wine comes from a selection of very old Tempranillo and Garnacha
vineyards on hillsides at an altitude of about 600 metres above sea-level.
This height provides high temperatures during the day and coolness at
night. The average crop per hectare, at about 4000 KG, is quite low.
The soil is clayish, limy and quite poor. The grapes are harvested late;
in the second fortnight in October. The ripening process is excellent
and the grapes contain a high alcoholic content and tartaric acidity.
Vinification process:
The grapes are destalked and crushed. The wine is fermented with some
stalk. Maceration lasts for 30 days and the wine is remounted daily.
Each turning is short and oxygenated. Temperatures are kept between
22 and 30ºC.
Ageing:
Ageing begins in the bottle. Afterwards it spends 16 months in casks
and is decanted twice.
Wine-tasting note:
Deep cherry peak with tones of purple. In the mouth it’s potent,
fleshy and intense with the fruit standing out over the wood. Despite
its structure, it’s delicate and silky. There is a slight edge
to the wine due to its youth. This will become more polished as the
wine ages in the bottle. It combines the characteristics of the fruity
ripeness of the Tempranillo with the mineral hue added by the well-ripened
Garnacha. Slight hints of coffee and honey.
The finish is long and persistent yet delicate and elegant. The tannin
is potent and fruity at the same time.
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