Style
Red
Type

Still

Winemaker

Jose Ramón Gago

Appellation

D.O. Alicante

Varieties

Mourvedre

Viticulture

A combination of estate and sourced fruit. Dry farmed, organic farming that is in the process of being certified. Vines are spur pruned, hand harvested

Farming

Organic

Terroir

Rocky, chalky soils that are very shallow - between one foot and three and a half feet deep. Very loose soils with good drainage situated right over a limestone mother rock.

Vineyard

56 hectare of vineyards, farmed organically. (Expecting to be certified in 2020). Planted between 1968 and 1998. Extremely shallow soils characterized by a high proportion of rock composed almost entirely of limestone. The limestone mother rock lies about a meter below the surface.

Vinification

Traditional winemaking - the grapes are sorted rigorously and are destemmed at the bodega. The grapes are macerated in stainless steel tanks. Fermentation starts with ambient yeasts. Pumpovers are light and infrequent to avoid overextraction. Primary fermentation lasts about 2 weeks.

Aging

Malolactic fermentation occurs in French oak barriques.

Available Sizes (L)

0.750

Distribution Area

New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania

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