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.