Almirez

Almirez 2007

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.

Date of Harvest: second week of October 2007.
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.

Vintage: Winter is dry, temperatures low and the weather remains constant until April. As a result,
there is a delay in the budding. Spring is wet and temperatures remain mild. These conditions produce mildew, which attack the vines but which do not destroy them, some are nonetheless damaged by hail stones. During the second week of June, there is a lot of rain and wind during full bloom which results in low production and it also causes a delay in the cycle. July and August is warm with a big thermal jump, (day and night temperatures). Verasion is heterogeneous, developing through the month of August. There is no rainfall towards the end of this month. During September, temperatures remain high during the day and mild at night, until the second fortnight, in which the temperatures decrease progressively. Physiological and fenolic ripeness progress favourably, although there is a considerable delay compared to previous years. Harvest begins towards the end of September, a week later than usual. During the first days of October, there is heavy rainfall which obligates us to stop working. Temperatures drop dramatically, however all the bunches reach the winery in perfect sanitary conditions with high levels of sugar content and polifenoles

Tasting notes: A full bodied powerful wine with aromas of dark fruits and spice, leathery with fine grain tannins and a savoury finish.