VALDUERO UNA CEPA 2018

Oblasť: Ribera del Duero (España).

Odroda: 100% Tinto Fino (Tempranillo)
Hustota výsadby: 3.120 plants/Ha.
Výnos: 2.600 kg/Ha.
Vek vinohradu: More than 50 years.
Zavlažovanie: No.
Hnojenie: Sheep manure.
Kultivácia viniča: Low bush.
Obdobie zberu: First week of October.
Zber: By hand in 14 kg. crates.
Použité kvasinky: Indigenous, they contribute to the character and personality of the terroir.
Zrenie v sudoch: 18 months in barrels of two different types of oak.
Zrenie vo fľaši: 12 months.

Vinifikácia:

Picked grapes are fermented for 9 days at between 23ºC and 28ºC, followed by a maceration that lasts 10 days. The vines which produce this wine are all low bush. There is no irrigation or use of chemical fertilizer. A strict pruning in winter is followed by a green pruning in June. Picking in all done by hand. The yield is three times less than from trellised vines, giving grapes that are three times superior in quality. The result: from each vine bush or “cepa”, just one bottle of wine is produced.

O vinárstve: 

Bodegas Valduero was founded in 1984 by the current president, Don Gregorio Garcia Viadero, and his daughter Yolanda, who is the winemaker. It was one of the first wineries to be incorporated into the D.O. Ribera del Duero and is situated in the village of Gumiel de Mercado, within the province of Burgos, an area where some of the best grapes in Ribera del Duero are grown. It is probably the highest elevated winery in the region at 840m (2,750 ft).

The whole winery has a natural, constant temperature of 12ºc, due to the fact that it is buried under ground. This enables it to carry out slow crianzas which allow the wine to stabilize naturally.

Winery uses a combination of oak barrels made from American, French and East European oak. The barrels are all 225l and are replaced every four years.