Cartago 2013

carthage Natural environment where meadows and pine forests predominate on the shores of the Duero River in the municipality of Castronuño. The hole 5-hectare farm in a privileged area with old ink vineyards de Toro (45 years old) planted ungrafted. It is a plot located at 700 m altitude in a traditional plantation framework of 3x3 m of maturation and alcoholic content content. We select the strains of the highest levels for its elaboration. To nothing Prolonged drought in the winter section with hardly any rainfall between October and March and no frost. rains well distributed in April and May. Hot summer with few reserves of water in plants. Quiet maturation and low yields per hectare. Viticulture Very sandy soils with fairly deep clay –50 cm– and minimum levels of organic matter. Yields of 2,000 kg per hectare. Elaboration Manual selection of varieties in the plots of El Pozo (ink de Toro) and La Veintiuna (others). Total destemming and light crushing before starting alcoholic fermentation with yeast autochthonous Maceration for two weeks and subsequent blending. Breeding 36 months in new and used French oak. Bottling 1,900 bottles in December 2015.