DONDÓN 1853 Crianza
Tasting note
Sight: intense ruby color.
Smell: Clean and elegant aroma. Aroma of ripe fruit merged with spices and elegant toasted aromas.
Taste: perfect structure, balanced, delicate and velvet-like taste, well integrated in the palate with a long and fresh end, and an intense aftertaste.
Vineyards
SANTURNIA (Fuente del Buitre): Tempranillo variety with a planting density of 1.2 x 2.7 m. Type of pruning: Cord Royal. Year of planting: 1985.
BARRIO: Tempranillo variety with a planting density of 1.2 x 2m. Type of pruning: goblet. Year of planting: 1967.
Harvest
Manual harvest, on the last week of October.
Winemaking
After the manual harvest of the clusters of grapes, grapes are gently stalked and, without using any kind of pump, the clusters fall for graveness into the stainless steel fermentation tank. Daily pumping-over processes take place for 4 weeks, with a fermentation under a controlled temperature of 28-30ºC. After the must has been drained, the manual pressing takes place, treading the grapes so as to obtain the greatest amount of wine on a natural way.
Ageing
12 months in new French oak barrels (100%). Bottled in May 2013.
Variety
100% tempranillo