“Finesse and fruity intensity”.”
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2021
varieties
100% Garnacha.
production
1,695 bottles.
winemaking
Harvested by hand in small boxes of ten kilograms capacity. 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. Separate vinification of the La Ladera de Zorraquín and El Recuenco plots. Gravity vatting in French oak vats without pumping over. Cold maceration and fermentation for 19 days with indigenous yeasts. Gravity racking into new and second year 500-litre French oak barrels for malolactic fermentation.
CRIANZA
18 months of ageing in these barrels of different cooperages, without racking. The wine remains 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.
CATA
Deep cherry red cherry colour. Very marked varietal and mineral aromas, with abundant red fruits (redcurrants, raspberries), undergrowth, lilacs and balsamic aromas. Fresh and sweet on the palate with a long, delicate finish.
PAIRING
Piquillo peppers stuffed with meat, stews, casseroles, grilled red meats, goat cheeses...
THE SLOPE OF ZORRAQUÍN (VILLAMEDIANA) AND EL RECUENCO (TUDELILLA)
If the 2020 vintage will go down in history for the pandemic and the challenge it posed to humanity, 2021 will be remembered for the last great winter storm in living memory: Philomena. A historic snowfall between 6 and 9 January 2021 hydrated the earth in a way that had not been seen for years. Spring was wet again, especially in the Tudelilla area, with more than 100 litres of rainfall from April to May. A very different summer, with a cold and dry July, continued to delay the vineyard cycle, adding a textbook August (hot and cool nights) to achieve harvest dates in October, almost out of this era. The Garnacha is crisp, smooth, acidic and enveloping, offering a wine to remember. The El Recuenco plot was harvested on 15 October and the La Ladera de Zorraquín plot on 6 October.
