Location: Finca Los Almendros, Finca El Olivar and Finca el Corral ( Caudete)

Altitude: 557 m

Type of soil: Shallow, poor and poorly permeable soils with calcium carbonate crust, that contributes to the sweetness tannin.

Crop density: 2500 plants /Ha

Vineyard age: 20 – 40 years

Vine training systems: Free – standing bush and wire-trained vines.

Environment: Continental climate softened by the Mediterranean influence, with an average annual temperature of 15 ºC and a Mediterranean type rainfall regime, with peaks in spring and autumn

Grape varieties: Malbec – Forcallat – Bonicaire

Vintage: 2022

Harvest, vinification and aging

Harvest: Picked by hand in October

Pre-Cold maceration: 7 – 8 days at 5 ºC

Fermented with native yeasts in 750-litre stainless steel tanks, each variety separately, at a fermentation temperature of 25ºC. Light pumping over from the second half of fermentation. Maceration time is 12 days. Light pressing, after which we remove the coarsest lees and transfer the wine to new 500-litre French oak barrels for 16 months. Lees work during ageing.

Post-fermentation maceration: 15 days at 25 ºC

Bottle ageing: After alcoholic fermentation, it spends sixteen-months in 500-litre French oak barrels, where we stir the lees and carry out malolactic fermentation. The barrels that do not meet the profile are then discarded, and the rest are blended together, with 5, 4, 3 or 2 barrels being used depending on the vintage. In this case, there were three: Forcallat, Bonicaire and Malbec.

Pre-Fermentation maceration: 15 days at 25 ºC

Fermentation temperature: 24 -26 ºC

Aging: 16 months in new french oak barrels

Bottle aging: Minimum 1 year

Vinification: Due to the elaboration process, light filtering, this wine can present some precipitation in the bottle. Clarifiers are from a vegetable origin, which makes it suitable for vegan consumers.

Analytical information

Alcohol: 14,00 % By vol

Acidity: 3.7 – 5,6 g/l

IPT: 80

Volatile acidity: 0,50 – 0,70 g/l

Residual sugar: 2 g/l

Rich, deep nose with glossy ripe cherries, blackberries, chocolate and walnuts. Pretty full-bodied and

flavorful, with creamy tannins and a concentrated, lengthy finish.

Polished and ripe. 

In the Table

The temperature of conservation of this wine should be around 15 ºC, it is important for it to be constant, avoiding thermal jumps. It must be protected from light sources. 

Ideal to acoompany game meat and flowl, stews or casseroles, red meat and mature and hard cheeses.

92 score Guide Peñin 2021 vintage, 92 score 2020 vintage

91 score Vinous Antonio Galloni 2019 vintage

93 score James Suckling 2023 vintage 93 score, 2022 vintage 92 score,  2020 vintage  93 score 

93 score Wine Enthusiast  2021 vintage