Garnacha

GRAPE VARIETIES

100 % Garnacha - Centenary Vines.

VINEYARD/ORIGIN
Finca El Monte, located at 680 m. altitude, sheltered by Sierra de la Hez. The vineyard is oriented to the rising, with deep stony soils. Very low yield around 2.400 k/ha and the number of bottles produced are 3.012.

ELABORATION

Selection of grapes in the vineyard. Harvest by hand.
This Garnacha has exceptional features like its unusual acity, due to the vineyard’s altitude. The result is a Garnacha who has, not only the typical characteristic that comes from this grape variety, but also a freshness and ageing potential that are not very common. These special features make OE Garnacha a rounded, balanced and complex wine.
The end of the alcoholic fermentation and the malolactic fermentation is made in Bocoy of 400 l. with periodical battonage. Before bottling, the wine is homogenized in concrete vats.

TASTING NOTES

Intense and deep cherry red colour. In the nose, red fruit, cherry and honey. In the mouth it is elegant, tasty, balananced, with elegant tannins. With a persistent, long and slightly sweet aftertaste.

SERVING AND PAIRING RECOMMENDATIONS

Serving temperature: 16-18ºC.
It combines well with every kind of dishes, from the most simple ones to the most complicated ones.