Vintage | 2015 |
Bottling date | 21st December 2016 |
Altitude | Villalcampo 700m, la Fregeneda 500m |
Location | Villalcampo and la Fregeneda |
Grape varieties | 90% mencía, 10% bruñal |
Vineyard age | Mencía 70-years old; Bruñal 15-years old |
Pruning | Bush vines |
De-budding | yes |
Green harvesting | no |
Harvest date | 14th September Mencía; 17th September Bruñal |
Grape selection | In the vineyard |
Destalking | yes |
Crushing | yes |
Sulphur | Minimal addition at bottling |
Tanks | Stainless steel |
Pre-fermentation maceration | 3 / 4 days |
Maceration time | 22 days |
Fermentation temperature | 25°C |
Pumping over / punching down | daily punching down |
Malolactic fermentation | yes |
Ageing | 10 months in 500-litre 3rd fill barrel |
Alcohol | 14.1% |
Filtration | no |
Clarification | no |
Stabilization | no |
Production | 616 bottles |