Grapes*: 40% Mencía, 20% merenzao, 10% Alicante Bouschet. 30% remaining: brancellao, grao negro, ferrón y sousón. *Estimated figures
Wine-making: Grapes are handpicked and transported to the winery in 15 kg boxes. Only indigenous yeast was used for the fermentation process which took place in just one 500 ltr open barrel. 30% of the grape fermented with the stems and was foot crushed in the traditional way. The rest was destemmed but not crushed
Ageing: The wine ages over a 12 month period in a 255 lt oak barrel
ABV: 13%
All the grapes used to make this wine were grown in a single 975 m plot, facing north, on shallow slate soils. It is located at 800 metres above sea level, on the V shaped valley formed by the Casio river, tributary of the Sil river. The vines were planted on a gentle slope in the year 1910. They are 113 years old! They are farmed following organic agriculture procedures though not officially certified.
Our Wine
The wine has a light garnet colour with bluish hues, very clean and shiny.
The nose opens up with notes of fresh red fruit (cherries, raspberries) and black fruit too (black and blueberries), that lie on a bed of undergrowth, shrubs, herbs and petals of lavender.
It evolves towards more elegant fruit and flowers macerated in liquor, leaving a velvety trail. Spices come to the surface, bitter cocoa leading. The herbs turn into fresh balsamic scents that bring memories of medicinal plants. Underneath, mineral notes of clay and wet soil provide depth to the nose Very aromatic.
The mouth is also very fruity playing between wild berries and citrus fruit. The tannins are sweet and polished, which add flavour and structure to a very tasty and dry whole. Its acidity supplies crispiness and a bitter finish of tea and green orange.
The mineral notes of the nose can also be felt in the mouth, it has a soft touch, depth and length. It is broad, very complex and displays high evolution potential.
