PEÑA EL GATO GARNACHA VIÑAS VIEJAS TINTO 75cl

Description

PEÑA EL GATO GARNACHA VIÑAS VIEJAS TINTO 75cl

D.O.Ca. RIOJA

JUAN CARLOS SANCHA WINERY
TYPE: “Crianza” Red wine
Wine: Peña el Gato Garnacha Viñas Viejas
Denomination of origin: Baños de Río Tobía, Rioja Alta, D.O.Ca.Rioja, Spain
Vineyard: Organic viticulture.
Variety: 100% Garnacha Red.
Vineyard: A unique vineyard of 95 years planted in a glass.
Soil: Vineyard planted on exposed slopes south facing 750 meters above sea level with poor soils, shallow and marked character clay-calcareous.
Elaboration: After de-stemming, the grapes are encased in new 500-liter French oak barrels of Tronçais in which they carry out alcoholic fermentation and aging. The wine remains in the barrels with the lees of fermentation for 13 months. This wine does not perform malolactic fermentation.
Aging: 13 months in new barrels of French oak Tronçais of 500 litres capacity.
Analytics:
Alcohol: 14.5% vol.
pH: 3.3
Total acidity: 6.8 g / l TH₂
Volatile acidity: 0.6 g / l AcH
Total sulphur: 18 mg / l
Residual sugars: 2.0 g / l

Tasting notes: Its bluish colour of great intensity stands out. Its fruity nose resembles strawberries and raspberries. It has a very complex structured palate, with silky and elegant tannins. It has a balanced acidity and long persistence in the mouth.

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