2022
96% Tempranillo of great genetic diversity as a result of an old massal selection, 2% Moristel and Garnacha Tinta and another 2% of white varieties, mainly Viura and a small part of Calagran?o. Planted in 1973.
Entirely manual harvest carried out on September 25, 2022, in small crates.
All our grapes are first refrigerated in our cooling chambers. Afterwards, the grapes go onto a cluster sorting table and then, a berry sorting table. After mild crushing, the grapes are fed by gravity into small French oak vats where they ferment and are left to macerate for around 20 days in contact with the skins at a controlled temperature of 28 °C with light pumpovers and gentle punching down (pigeage).
A good portion of the wine remains on the lees for 12 months in one- and two-year-old, 225- and 500-litre, extra-fine-grain French oak barrels. The remaining part ages on the lees in small tanks for the same period of time. The wine was bottled in November 2020 and remained in our underground cellar at least for 30 months before release onto the market.
ALCOHOL DEGREE: 14% vol.
PH: 3.65
TOTAL ACIDITY: 5.3 g/l in tartaric acid
RESIDUAL SUGAR: 1.2 g/l
Heat, scarce rainfall, and vineyard resilience define the 2022 vintage. Above all, the heat: average temperatures were more than one degree higher than the previous year, with an unprecedented early June heatwave in the second week of the month, reaching above 40 °C. Extraordinary. The vines responded well, protecting themselves by reducing their activity. Old vineyards under organic viticulture, as is our case, showed greater adaptability. Vineyard operations were kept to a minimum, maintaining as much leaf cover as possible around the clusters to protect them from sun exposure. Water was scarce, yet disease pressure from mildew and oidium was very low. Harvest took place two weeks earlier than usual, yielding fruit of exceptional quality, with sweet but fully ripe tannins. The key challenge was achieving balance—anongoing struggle against climate change. The wine reflects and expresses vintage effects with clarity.
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