ELABORATION

5 months of ageing “sur lie” with “batonnage” * in French oak barrels.
*Ageing on natural fine lees, which is raisaed at regular intervals during a period of time between 2 – 6 months.

COLOUR

Bright straw yellow.

NOSE

Spectacular aroma of jasmine and white flowers, with notes of subtropical fruits.

MOUTH

Deeply harmonious in the mouth and intense mineral acidity. Persistent finish with subtropical fruits (lychee, mango, kiwi and banana).

CLIMATOLOGY

It was a very dry winter, it had only rained 17 ltr in January, 20 ltr in February, 17 ltr in March, nothing in April, and it wasn’t very cold either, the temperatures had barely dropped below 0ºC. Therefore, it started flowering very early at the end of April and finished quickly in the first week of May. Luckily it rained 38 ltr in May and 49 ltr in June, that revived plant growth. There was even hail on June 3 (1 ltr), but without causing damage. In Summer there were 3 heat waves of 10 days where the daytime temperature rose to 40ºC, when the normal has always been 1-2 heat waves of about 3 days. Veraison began on July 13 and the Harvest on August 3 and ended on August 20. It was the earliest and fastest harvest that I have known so far in Ronda, however it was a harvest of very good quality and thanks to the late rains in May and June, there was very good and harmonious phenolic ripening and also good quantity, only in two varieties, curiously late ones (Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot) there was somewhat less quantity. The first small rain after the summer began in September, but with very little water in the following months of October, November and December, the total of these months have been 84 ltr. So we find ourselves with a year of extreme drought and high temperatures. But thanks to the natural management of our vineyards, they have given a very positive response in quality and quantity and surprisingly very moderate wines in alcohol.

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