Vineyards

Old vineyards, with an average age of around 60 (planted between 1915 and 1974) located in the towns of Cárdenas and Nájera. Ferrous clay soils with a high component of conglomerate rock at the bottom. At an altitude of around 600 meters.

Harvest

Manual harvest on September 7 and 8, 2022.

Winemaking

Maceration of entire bunches for 24 hours to achieve greater aromatic richness and fullness in the mouth. Subsequent maceration for six hours with the skins and then pressing. Static debourage by decantation and racking to remove the lees. Fermentation is spontaneous with the native yeasts of the grape, at a low temperature (between 16 and 18 degrees). In the final part of the fermentation, the wine passes into different sizes oak casks.

Variety
Mostly Viura, in addition to the occasional Malvasía, Garnacha Blanca or Jaina vine.

Alcohol content:
13,5% ABV

Ageing
Half of the wine is aged for 12 months in a 5,000-litre oak “tina” and the other half is aged for a year in “bocoyes”, oak barrels of different capacities (between five hundred and one thousand litres) in contact with the fine lees.