Montecastrillo
Colour
An Attractive dark colour with red and purple notes.
Nose
Nuances of liquorice, red fruits, black fruits, white flowers and thyme along with light roasted notes
Mouth
Light body, its passage in the mouth is smooth and fruity with sensations of grape and delicate mineral notes.
After the hand-selected collection, the grapes are shelled and passed to a fermentation tank where, depending on the time of harvest, it will take between 2 and 4 days until fermentation with its own yeast from the grape, vineyard and harvest takes place.
The total maceration of the grapes will be from 5 to 10 days, depending on the time of harvest, the origin of the grape and the sensations that the wine transmits to us throughout the controlled production with the grape’s own yeast and Harvest. Aged for 4 months in 225 liter French and American oak barrels from our own cellar cooperage.
Ribera Del Duero
Ribera del Duero is a designation of origin that covers vineyards located in Castile and León ( Spain ), within a strip of the Duero River basin , about 115 kilometers long and 35 wide, located at the confluence of the provinces of Soria (19 municipalities), Burgos (60), Segovia (4) and Valladolid (19). 4 It begins approximately in the east in San Esteban de Gormaz and extends to Quintanilla de Onésimo in the west. At the end of 2005, crops in the area constituted approximately 2% of the total area dedicated to grape cultivation in Spain.
As of December 31, 2017, it comprises a registered vineyard area of 23,353 ha 5 consisting of 8,220 active winegrowers 5 and 288 wineries . 6 In 2018, the harvest began on September 19 and reached 125,438,801 kilos of grapes collected