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Vintage sheet

2021

This is village wine, using grapes from the old vines in the walled castle grounds as well a from other old vineyards located nearby. It is a genuine example of the exceptional character of the wines of Cuzcurrita, year after showing off the maximum potential that they are capable of achieving.

First vintage: 2000
Variety: Tempranillo
Soil: Alluvials soils from the River Tirón, with lots of pebbles and chalky-claysubsoil. Very depp and very loose soil.
Viticulture: All the vines are bush-pruned and on average the are 30 years old, grown according to integrated viticulture thecniques including some organic vineyards.
Harvest: Picking began on 10 October using 20-kilo harvesting crates and a sorting table. One of the best vintages we’ve had, the climatic conditions this year contributed to it, n October was decisive with perfect days, sunny mornings, and very cold nights, in ideal conditions for the grapes to fully ripen.
Vinifitication: Alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel vats and malolatic in the casck.
Casl Ageing: 12 months in new, second and third year, French-oak Bordeaux-style casks with a ne wood grain and medium toast followed by 5 monts in 20.000l. concrete vats for blending the wine before bottling.
Bottling: April 2023 with no stabilisation or fining process beforehand.

tasting notes

Lovely black-cherry colour, with an intense, complex nose with aromas of dark fruit, such as ripe black plums, blueverris and blackcurrants, with some spicy, balsamic nuances such as cedar wood and liquore coming through. Smooth, juicy mounth-feel with soft, enveloping tannings. Complex, well-balanced and elegant with a long, gentle finish and high aromatic persistence.

Production 2021:
71.540 bottle of 0.75 litres
2.880 bottle of 1.5 litres
1.917  bottle of 0.5 litres