Spain, DO Ribera del Duero
Tempranillo
Description
Intense garnet cherry colour with ruby rim. Very elegant aromas of black fruit, spicy notes and nuts. In the mouth it is powerful, very intense, with firm and elegant tannins. Persistent aftertaste.
Awards
93 pts Tim Atkin
Alcohol
14.5%
Analytical data
dry
Vinification
Harvested by hand, the grapes arrive in boxes at the winery, received and kept cold until they reach 3ºC. Afterwards, the bunches are selected, separating remains of leaves and herbaceous parts, gently de-stemmed, without crushing. The vatting of the grapes is carried out by gravity in the inverted cone tanks of our own design. Cold maceration is carried out for 5 days in order to implement the varietal aromas in the fermentation. During the alcoholic fermentation, the full potential of these marvellous grapes is extracted by means of pumping over and "deléstages"(racking). The new wine is devatted and gently pressed in the vertical pneumatic press.
Vineyard
Red wine from a single plot, elaborated with Tempranillo variety from old vines, more than 80 years old, located in La Aguilera ( Burgos). Extreme continental clima
Maturation
The wine then undergoes malolactic fermentation, one part in new French oak barrels, another part in ovoid concrete deposits; and then it is aged in extra-fine French oak barrels and in ovoid concrete tanks during 14 months. Then it remains in the bottle one year more before being released
