Original and spicy
VINTAGE
2022
varieties
100% Maturana Tinta
production
1.120 botellas.
winemaking
The grapes are harvested by hand in small boxes of ten kilograms. Cooling in a cold room until the temperature of the grapes reaches 3 °C. Double selection of bunches and berries, with gentle destemming and crushing. Gravity vatting in French oak vats with no pumping over and separate vinification of the individual plots. Cold maceration and fermentation for 20 days with indigenous yeasts. Gravity racking into new and second year French oak barrels for malolactic fermentation.
CRIANZA
14 months of ageing in barrels of different cooperages, toasting and origins, without racking, remaining on its lees until bottling, with periodic batônnage during the first four months. The wine is bottled without filtering or fining, so small precipitations of natural origin may appear over time.
AMPELOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION
Maturana Tinta is a native Riojan variety that is not grown anywhere else in the world. Recovered after years of work and research, it has a small, compact bunch and small berries. Very sensitive to botrytis, it buds late, but ripens early.
the bottle
Our bottle is inspired by an original 18th century bottle that can be visited at the Vivanco Museum of Wine Culture.
SOBREVILLA (BADARÁN) AND EL MANZANO (BRIONES)
Calor, poca agua y resilencia del viñedo. Esas son las características principales de la añada 2022. Sobre todo, por la primera, con temperaturas medias muy elevadas, más de un grado respecto a la añada anterior, y con una primera ola de calor a principios de junio, segunda semana, nunca vista antes en esas fechas, con temperaturas por encima de los 40 ºC. Brutal. La viña se defendió bien, protegiéndose, limitando su actividad, mostrando una mejor adaptación los viñedos con viticultura ecológica, como es nuestro caso. Las operaciones en el viñedo fueron mínimas, manteniendo todas las hojas posibles alrededor de los racimos para mantenerlos lo menos expuestos posibles al sol. Agua, la justa, con muy baja influencia de enfermedades como el mildiu y el oidio. La vendimia se adelantó dos semanas, con una calidad de fruto excepcional, taninos más dulces, pero maduros. El reto fue conseguir el equilibrio, en una lucha, ya casi constante, contra el cambio climático.
CATA
Very deep purple-red colour, with a very marked violet rim. Spicy aromas, with black fruit, pepper, clove, mulberry leaves, all on a mineral and undergrowth background. In the mouth it is very balsamic, mineral, with spicy sensations (pepper, rose flower, cumin, clove), with an elegant, vibrant and long aftertaste.
PAIRING
All kinds of grilled meats, roasts, strong cheeses and game dishes.