SOTO MANRIQUE Alto de la Estrella Garnacha 2019

ALTO DE LA ESTRELLA 2018

SINGLE VINEYARD : PUERTO DE ARREBATACAPAS, LA VIÑA DE SIRA

VINTAGE: 2018    

GRAPE: GARNACHA100%

REGION:  SINGLE VINEYARD WINE. OLD GARNACHAVINES FROM CEBREROS-SIERRA DE GREDOS

VINEYARD: PLANTED IN 1961 AT 1100M OF ALTITUD. 1.3HA CLOS SETTLED ON SLATE SOILS WITH THE MOTHER ROCK NEAR THE PLANTS AND WITH A STRONG PRESENCE OF QUARTZ

HARVEST: THE VINTAGE WAS MARKED BY A SHORT AND DRY WINTER AND A LONG AN RAINY SPRING. IN  THE  CASE  OF ALTO DE  LA ESTELLATHISMEANS  THE  VINTAGE  WAS  COMPLEATY  DOMINATED  BY  A CONTINENTAL  CLIMATE,  WHERE  ALTITUD  AND  RAIN  DELAYED  THE  BUDBREAK AND  THE  CYCLE  LASTED UNTIL 8TH OF OCTOBER, THE DATE OF PICKING.

VINIFICATION:  100%  DESTEMMEDAND  FERMENTED  IN  LITTLE  TANKS  OF 1000KG  EACH.  THE  FA KINETICWAS  SLOW  AND  IT  LASTED  45  DAYS.  AFTER  A  LIGHT  PRESS  THE  WINE  PASSED  DIRECTLY  TO 225L  OLD  BARRES,  WHERE  THE  WINE  RESTED  12  MONTHS  UNTIL  NOVEMBRE  2019  WHEN  IT  WAS RACKED AND BOTTLES WITHOUT FILTRATION

BOTTLELING: DECEMBER2019 ALCOHOLIC DEGREE: 14%VOL.  

TASTING NOTES: RED CHERRY  LIGHT COLOR.  WILD THYME AND  LAVADER AROMS  DOMINATED  THE WINE AT THE BEGINING, AND, WITH SOME TIME AT THE GLASS THE SLATE APPEARS WITH STREGHT. AT THE  PALATE,  THE  SYLVESTER  HERBSAROMS  PERSIST  AND  THE  ELEGANT  AND  DRY  TANNIN  GIVE STRUCTURE AND LENGHT. A SERIOUS AND FRESH WINE.  

PRODUCCTION:  1.700BT 75CL

ROBERT PARKER RATING: 93 P