Nose
Lots of cassis and blueberries on the nose.
Palate
With a liquorice-infused palate and salty plums. Flexible, accessible and uniform.
Growing Conditions
Density planting: 7200 plants per hectare.
Altitude: 3,280 ft above sea level.
Vineyard management: Organic, drip irrigation
Soil type: Stony loam soil
Yield: 2 plant per bottle
Vintage report: A year that required a lot of decision making: less production, more humidity for the region, but with good canopy management and human labor to determine harvest time, maintained quality and achieved natural acidity.
Harvest
Harvest date: Second half of March 2017
Harvest method: by hand
Bottling
June 2018. This wine has not been clarified, filtered or cold stabilized.
Winemaking
Maceration: cold maceration at 6ºC for 5 days.
Alcoholic fermentation: With autochthonous yeasts, 23 days at 25-27ºC, 3 pump-overs and a daily delestage in concrete pools.
Malolatic fermentation: In French oak barrels for 30 days.
Aging
12 months in 50% 2nd use, 50% 3rd use of French oak.
Food Pairing
It goes very well with roasted cuts with a roasted salad or goes very well with a stew.
