Spain, DO Navarra
Cabernet Sauvignon, Tempranillo
Description
Distinguished ruby colour with purple hues. Extremely intense, balanced red with tempting aromas and flavours of blackcurrant, blackberry, liquorice and toast, all framed by well-integrated tannins. Rounded and surprisingly long, with a succulent finish.
Certificates
Alcohol
14.0%
Analytical data
dry
Vinification
The two varieties are produced separately. Cold maceration for at least 5 days. Average total maceration: 25 days. Malolactic fermentation in stainless-steel vat/barrel (50:50). Blending takes place after 6 months of initial ageing. The rest of the ageing process takes place with the wine assembled. Slightly fined, no cold stabilisation, cellulose filtered.
Vineyard
Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards on red loamy soils and Tempranillo vineyards on grey loams from sandstone. Vineyards facing in different directions in the Valley of Nekeas, combining to make for a complex wine. Slow, low-yielding vines to produce grapes that ripen slow... but properly.
Maturation
Between 12 and 14 months in French-oak barrels. Unfined, unfiltered wine aged in barrels with frequent racking. Kept in the bottle cellar for at least one year.
