LA NIETA

VARIETY:

Tempranillo 100 %.

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ORIGIN OF THE GRAPES:

Vineyard: Finca La Nieta, Páganos-Laguardia, Rioja Alavesa. Surface Area: 1.75 Has Altitude: 525 m. Soils of Franc Clay. Year of Plantation: 1975. High-density plantings on trellis (2,70*1,10), 3.367 per hectare (6.911 vines in total). Organic fertilization every two years. Exhaustive hand selection and harvest in boxes of perfectly healthy, ripe grapes; further selection made in the winery using a sorting table.
Date of Harvest: 17 October 2006. Yield 2006: 4.200 kilos, 24 Hls./ Ha.

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VINIFICATION:

Destemed by hand with a rigorous selection of every grape. Cold pre-fermentative maceration at 8º C during 5 days.

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FERMENTATION:

Fermented in 10 hectolitres oak barrels at 29º C. Pressed twice a day during the first 6 days of fermentation and once a day during the last five days.

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MACERATION:

On the skins for 14 days.

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MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION:

In new French oak Bordelaise barrels en Junio de 2007.

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AGEING:

Barrel: 18 months in new French Bordelaise oak barrels. Racking every four months. Bottled: June 2008.