2008 Vintage
D.O.: TORO
Grape Varieties: 100% Tempranillo (Tinta de Toro)
Winemaker: Marcos Eguren
Vineyards: Proprietary vineyards situated in Valdefinjas and Toro (Zamora) Average age: 15 - 65 years. Type of training: Head-trained in goblet. Average yield per hectare: (20 Hls./Hct.). Soil amendments: Organic material.
Harvest: Exclusively manual with rigorous selection of the fruit in optimal health and ripeness conditions at the vineyard and at the winery, by means of a sorting table.
Vinification: Traditional method, 100% de-stemmed, with light pump-overs during fermentation.
Date of Harvest: 6 - 14 October 2008.
Fermentation: 8 days with 2 pump-overs daily. Traditional method, 100% de-stemmed, 26º - 28ºC
Maceration: Extended maceration on skins for 14 days with light pump-overs.
Malolactic Fermentation: In barrel, 30% new French oak.
Barrel Aging: In French oak Bordelaise style barrels for 12 months. Age of the barrels: 30% new French oak, 70% “1-wine” barrels.
Tasting notes: A full bodied powerful wine with aromas of dark fruits and spice, leathery with fine grain tannins and a savoury finish.
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