Viña Santurnia Reserva
Tasting Notes
See: Garnet cherry color with tones ruby. Bright and clean.
Nose: : intense, complex ,warm and elegant bouquet with fresh fruit notes combined with hints of spice, vanilla and toast.
Mouth: velvety entry, full and complex. Good tannic structure and balance. The dominant fruity flavors of sligtly over toasted, roasted, cocoa and vanilla, giving it a very interesting complexity.
Nose: : intense, complex ,warm and elegant bouquet with fresh fruit notes combined with hints of spice, vanilla and toast.
Mouth: velvety entry, full and complex. Good tannic structure and balance. The dominant fruity flavors of sligtly over toasted, roasted, cocoa and vanilla, giving it a very interesting complexity.
Vineyards
Rodezno: Place ¨La Berza´, Rioja Alta. Tempranillo variety, with a plantation density of 1,20 each 2,7 meters. Pruning type: royal cord. Plantation year 1990.
Labastida: Place ´Saguchas´, Rioja Alavesa. Tempranillo variety, with a plantation density of 1.2 each 2,6 meters. Pruning type: Vaso. Plantation year 1980.
Place ´La Tejera´, Rioja Alavesa. Mazuelo and Graciano Varieties. Pruning type, cord royal. Plantation year 1991. Yields of 6500 kg/ha
Labastida: Place ´Saguchas´, Rioja Alavesa. Tempranillo variety, with a plantation density of 1.2 each 2,6 meters. Pruning type: Vaso. Plantation year 1980.
Place ´La Tejera´, Rioja Alavesa. Mazuelo and Graciano Varieties. Pruning type, cord royal. Plantation year 1991. Yields of 6500 kg/ha
Harvest
Manual, the second and third week of October.
Vinification
After the manual harvest, is done the peeling in a smooth manner by directly falling into the fermentation tank not using any type of pump. Alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks of 25000 Kg, during 10 days with temperature-controlled fermentation between 28 and 30º C , extended post-fermentative maceration on the skins for 5 days, with two pump-overs daily in the beginning with a light pump-over daily at the end. After is realized the pressing by treading on the inside of the tanks for extracting the maximum wine of natural form.
Ageing
Oak cask of American Missouri 70% and French oak 30%, during 24 months. Bottling one year minimum.
Grape Varieties
Tempranillo 90%, Mazuelo 5% y Graciano 5% .