VICTORINO

VARIETY AND VINEYARD:

Proprietary vineyard situated in Valdefinjas, Toro (Zamora) and Villabuena del Puente.
Age: over 45 years of age
Variety: Tinta de Toro (100%), pre-phylloxera (own rooted Vitis vinifera) and autochthonous.
Type of training: Head-trained in goblet. Yield per hectare: 15Hls/Ha. Soil amendments: Organic material
Harvest: Hand picked in boxes with rigorous selection of the fruit for optimum health and maturity.
Date of Harvest: Last week of September and first week of October.
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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.

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VINIFICATION:

De-stemmed by hand with rigorous selection of every grape, berry per berry.
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FERMENTATION:

Fermented 8 days at 26º - 28ºC.

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MACERATION:

Extended maceration on skins for 14 days.

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MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION:

In new French oak Bordelaise barrels.

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AGEING:

18 months in new French oak Bordelaise Barrels.