Description
It is one of the most representative wines of the winery. A premium white we could call it. With a lot of class and very little production.
Board Characteristics
Store: Own Vineyards, Ponferrada (El Bierzo). Manual harvest.
DO: the bierzo
Grade: 14%
Variety: 100% Godello
Tasting note: Yellow color, with greenish nuances, clean and bright. On the nose it is intense, clean, with aromas of ripe fruit, and a background of white flowers and honey. In the mouth it is round, fresh, with volume, balanced, with good structure, and great permanence in the finish.
Operating temperature: 6-8ºC
Preparation: Production of 2.000 bottles, made by hand.
Skin maceration for 6 hours at 8 degrees Celsius to extract the aromatic fraction to the maximum. Settling for 24 hours until a clarity of 60 NTU (Nephelometric Turbidity Unit) is achieved. Start of fermentation in stainless steel tanks and after 48 hours, transferred to new French oak barrels with a capacity of 500 liters. 14 days of fermentation at 18ºC. Aging on its own lees for 9 months.
Pairing: en Made in Spain Gourmet We recommend it to pair with creamy and semi-cured cheeses, with white meats and fish. We also love it with Foie Gras entier de The Greek.
DO Bierzo (Designation of Origin)
The Bierzo Region is located to the northwest of the province of León, within the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León, and occupies an area of 2.954,28 kilometres, which represents 18% of the provincial surface. Geographically it limits with the provinces of Ourense, Lugo and Asturias and is a communication axis between Galicia, León and Asturias. It has a characteristic Mediterranean micro-climate, with milder temperatures than the neighboring areas and its low altitude generally prevents late frosts, which is quite benign for the harvest, which is normally one month earlier than the rest of Castile and the Rioja.
Extreme temperatures occur in winter and summer, with the average being 12,3ºC, registering average minimums of 3,6º in the cold months and maximums of 23,6º in the hottest months.
Rainfall is of the order of 721 mm in an average year. The average annual insolation is estimated at 2.100 to 2.200 hours of sunshine throughout the year.
In El Bierzo, the vineyard is mainly oriented towards humid brown earth soils, slightly acidic and therefore free of carbonates, typical of humid climates.
The degree of acidity ranges from 4 to 8,5; in the valleys values higher than 6 predominate.
The determining quality factors are in the terraces with little inclination where the vineyards are located very close to the rivers or on semi-terraced slopes or in vineyards with a pronounced inclination and at altitudes between 450 and 1.000 meters.
Varieties of grapes
El Bierzo is a fertile land where different varieties of grapes are produced, all adapted to the characteristics of the soil and climate. The production of wines covered by the Denomination of Origin must be carried out exclusively with the following varieties: Mencía, Garnacha tintorera, Godello, Doña Blanca and Palomino.
Mencía
Bierzo's main red variety and represents 74,5% of the grapes grown in the production area. Low-productive variety, early sprouting and early maturation. The cluster is small in size, and medium compact. Berries of medium size, uniform and blue-black color. The pigmentation of the pulp is not colored.
Garnacha Tintorera
Red variety and represents 2% of the grapes grown in the production area. It is also known as Alicante bouschet. Low productive variety, early sprouting and early medium maturation. The cluster is large, and medium compact. Berries of medium size, uniform and blue-black color. The pigmentation of the pulp is strong and presents a reddish color.
Merenzao
Israel Romero -
A very classy wine that can compete with any French wine