Winemaking Details
Viticulture:
The weather in 2023 can be defined as a hot and humid year. Average temperatures stayed above the long term average for most of the months until August. It was a generous year in terms of rain, with December 2022 and June clearly above the average. This trend for above average rain extended to the harvest time, which was not very welcomed by us.
Fermentation:
Natural fermentation (indigenous yeast) took place in lagar, in contact with the skins for 10 days.
Aging:
Malolactic fermentation occurred in used 500-liter Hungarian oak barrels, where it remained for 24 months with regular batonnage. Finally, the wine was patiently allowed to naturally settle, and when it reached clarity, it was bottled without filtration. Teresa Batista and Mariana Rosária