Still
Ana Escudero
D.O.Ca. Rioja
Grenache (Garnacha)
The vines are farmed without the use of herbicides, fungicides, or pesticides. They both head trained and trellised, and all dry farmed. These vineyards are 50% owned by the family and consist of Graciano, Garnacha, and Tempranillo. The oldest vineyards are up to 90 years old.
Organic
Alluvial, rocky soils deposited by the Ebro River and reinforced by runoff from the Sierra de Yerga. The soils are sandy or clayey in texture and have a high proportion of iron. The vineyards are planted at 550M above sea level on the foothills of the mountains in Rioja Baja.
50% of the production of our wine is sourced from estate grown vineyards, that are a blend of head trained and trellised vineyards planted at 500M above sea level on the foothills of the mountains in Rioja Baja. The soils are alluvial deposits of the Ebro river. Our vineyards of Garnacha are up to 110 years old, and are mostly head trained. Our Graciano vineyards are between 90 and 20 years old and are both head trained and planted on trellises. All are dry farmed.
Hand-harvested bunches are rigorously sorted at the winery before being destemmed but not crushed. A 12-hour cold maceration takes place in stainless steel tanks before the must is pressed off in a pneumatic press. The must undergoes a 24 hour settling and is inoculated with neutral yeast. Fermentation takes place at low temperatures.
Aged sur lie for two months in tank.
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