VALDUERO RESERVA PREMIUM 6 AÑOS 2011

Oblasť: Ribera del Duero (España).

Odroda: 100% Tinto Fino (Tempranillo)
Hustota výsadby: 2.600 plants/Ha.
Výnos: 2.000 kg from specially selected plots.
Vek vinohradov: More than 40 years.
Zavlažovanie: No
Hnojenie: Sheep manure.
Kultivácia viniča: Low bush.
Obdobie zberu: First week of October.
Forma zberu: By hand in 14kg. crates.
Použité kvasinky: Indigenous, they contribute to the character and personality of the terroir.
Dozrievanie v sudoch: 36 months in barrels of four different types of oak.
Dozrievanie vo fľaši: 36 months.

Vinifikácia:

We would like to emphasise the 6 years of ageing that this wine undergoes in barrel and bottle in our centuries old cellars. This wine is only made in exceptional vintages. Labour intensive and artisan picking in small crates allows us to offer this wine grapes in perfect condition and with all their aromas. The ageing for 36 months in barrels of 4 different types of oak is done in the tranquillity of our cellar with racking by hand at 12ºC and 85% humidity. It finishes with another 36 months of ageing in bottle.

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.