CLIMATIC CYCLE
Winter marked by very low temperatures and frequent frosts. Hot spring with low rainfall. Hard summer. Maturation with cool daytime temperatures and cool nighttime temperatures.
Precipitation of 305 mm. Harvest from September 29 to October 14.
Extraordinary harvest quality with elegant, full-bodied fruit wines.
Variety:
100% Tinta del País (Tempranillo).
Vineyards:
Plots in La Horra and Roa (Burgos).
Age of the vineyards:
Bush vines with an average of 50 years of age.
Harvest:
2nd - 14th October.
Fermentation:
Spontaneous alcoholic fermentation in French oak vats (18 days before devatting), followed by malolactic fermentation in barrels.
Aging:
Aging in oak barrels, 80% French and 20% American oak.
Aging time:
12 months.
Stabilisation:
Completely natural methods.
Clarification:
Using only egg whites.
Alcohol content:
14,5% Vol.
Packaging:
6 bottle cardboard boxes.
Formats:
75 cl. - 150cl. - 3l.
Bottles produced:
26.700 bots.
Colour:
Very intense, dark red background with cherry red hues on the rim.
Nose:
Very intense, fragrant bouquet showing loads of rich dark berry fruit, specially plums and blackberries.
Presence of the oak, very well integrated with the fruit, with mineral undertones amidst layers of dark chocolate, sweet spices and ripe plums.
Taste:
Ample, full bodied, ripe blackberry fruit with dark chocolate and remarkable minerality showing through.
Tannins are firm but well rounded with a balsamic finish that awards it great freshness.
A very elegant wine of great balance between the rich fruit, the oak, the cocoa, the underwood aromas and a stark minerality, all blending in harmony in a pleasant but powerful way.
A magnificent wine from a magnificent vintage.
