Category: Dry
Characteristics: Moderate pomegranate colour, black fruity, barrique flavour and aroma with a strong taste
Age-grade: 2015
Production procedure: Manual harvest, fast procession: destemming and crushing, fermentation in tanks by grape-marc soaking, controlled fermentation with the inoculation of yeast species (25-28 °C).
Skin contact period was 3 weeks, then natural malic acid splitting also in tanks, maturation in barrels for 5 months in small-sized (225L) BQ barrels used several times before. After maturation came the selection of the best quality barrels (tasting, analysis). Bottling followed fining and clarification.
Alcohol content: 13,50% V/V
Sugar content: 3,7 g/l
Titratable acidity: 5,6 g/l
Colour: mirror clean, moderate pomegranate. Essences: black fruity aroma like blackberry, black currant and liqueuric sour cherry, plus, a bit of dark chocolate, vanilla and coffee can be recognised which was added by the short maturation in the barrel. Aroma: full-bodied, high extracts, round tannins, balanced acidity. When tasting, black fruity aroma (blackberry, black currant) can be recognised along with a bit of dark chocolate, coffee and tobacco from the maturation in the barrel. It is balanced and has a long –lasting aroma.
