FINCA LA EMPERATRIZ
Viñedo Singular Tinto 2017

Harvest: Hand-harvested into 180 kg crates, the 25th September.

Varietals: 76% Tempranillo, 22% Garnacha and 2% Viura.

Wine-making: Grape selection at the sorting table. 100% destemmed and 40% crushed. Grapes ferment in concrete tanks.
Tempranillo, Garnacha and Viura are harvested at once and vatted in the same tank, followed by a 5 days cold maceration.
The wine fermented with indigenous yeasts and daily smooth pump-overs. After 20 days of post-fermentative maceration, it is devatted directly to barrel for MLF.

Ageing: 14 months in barrels, 60% new French oak and 40% second-year American oak barrels.