Nose
Very aromatic and spicy bouquet, with notes of honey, vanilla, quince and candied orange peels.
Full and voluminous body, excellent balance between residual sugar, acidity and alcohol.
Growing Conditions
The year began with a very dry and mild winter. A cool spring slightly delayed vine budding, but the normal growth cycle was restored by a very warm and sunny May. The first vines flowered on the earliest sites in the middle of the month, and the fine weather then led to a rapid flowering process. On the higher sites, flowering was finished by the beginning of June. Due to an exceptionally hot and dry summer, there were few problems with fungal attack, but the lack of rainfall pushed the vines to their limits in some cases. Rainfall and thunderstorms at the end of July and beginning of August put an end to the lack of water, thus averting drought stress and related quality problems and generating the comforting prospect of an early harvest.
Winemaking
3 hours of mash time, afterwards gently pressing.
Fermentation and vinification in barrique for 11 months.
Aging
10-20 years
