Red Wine DOP from Sierra de Salamanca La Zorra Calabrés 75cl

Altering the original blend (Tempranillo, Rufete, and Garnacha), in 2021 we produced this special edition solely with the rare local Garnacha Calabrese variety, an exclusive clone from the Sierra de Francia, sourced from three vineyards in two different locations. One third comes from the slate soils of Garcibuey, providing structure and minerality, and the other two-thirds from Santibañez de la Sierra, with granitic soils, offering us finesse. The grapes arrived at the winery in late September, in optimal health and at perfect phenological ripeness. We vatted the whole bunches in open-bottomed barrels and lightly crushed them to obtain a 10-15% must that allows us to initiate alcoholic fermentation spontaneously, without the need to seed laboratory yeasts. Once alcoholic fermentation had begun (4 days after vatting), we performed two-thirds of daily punch-downs until reaching a density of 1030 points. To prevent excessive extraction of the vegetal part of the stem, we removed the cap and lightly pressed it in a vertical press. Alcoholic fermentation in liquid form in 400-liter French barrels was completed and seamlessly connected to malolactic fermentation.

Features

• Sierra de Salamanca DOP Red Wine made from 100% Calabrese Garnacha, a clone of the red Garnacha variety. The wine is aged for 12 months in French oak barrels.