Shows ripe red fruit such as red berries, plum, cherries, along with smoked, balsamic and spicy notes making it crisp.
Tasting phase
On the palate it is a smooth full mouth enveloping and easy to drink wine, meaty and well balanced. The end has hints of ripe fruit, licorice, spice and toast wood.
grape varietals
Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Malbec. Harvested from vineyards between 750 and 1000 m of altitude. Limestone, sandy-loam soils predominately, with medium-sized stones.
harvest
2016-2017 winter was cold and dry. A pretty hot spring led to an early bud break. The yield was badly reduced by the late frost that swept through the region on April 28. Summer was dry but not too hot. An outstanding September experienced some wide temperature fluctuations with pretty high temperatures during the day and cold nights which resulted in a great grape ripening. Harvest started on October 4th and ended on November 3rd when we picked our Cabernet Sauvignon. It was a rather complicated harvest for the harvesting dates, the grape sorting due to the spring frost. Once at the winery, grapes are sorted and destemmed and all the steps of the winemaking process will be gently carried out by gravity. The whole berries will be put into the tanks by gravity.
aging
12 months in 225 liter French oak barrels, from selected forests. At the end of aging, 46 different wines were made, depending on vineyard, varietal and type of barrel. This wine is the final blend of all of them
alcohol content
15 Vol.
bottling
Bottled in early April 2019.
Serving temperature
16ºC – 18ºC
D.O.
Ribera de Duero
winemaking
In the winery, all movement was done by gravity fed, without pumps and done gently. The grapes were de-stemmed and fermentation was done with whole berries.
production
23,174 750 ml bottles, 1,592 1,500 ml bottles produced.
