Marqués de Valdueza Mágnum 150cl 2007

The evolution has been very positive and for three years, have produced wine and observed its evolution in a nearby winery. Pleased with the results, in early 2006 we completed our own cellar and finally we produce our wine in it. The wine is produced on the farm "Perales de Valdueza", near Mérida, Extremadura, framed within the Wines of Extremadura and is the final result of mixing the grape varieties Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. The farm, owned by Alonso Alvarez de Toledo and Urquijo, Marqués de Valdueza, and the same family for several centuries, has an area of 18 hectares of vineyards and is dedicated to growing grapes for generations.   winemaker The father of the child, is Dominique Roujou of Boubée. Doctor in Oenology from the University of Bordeaux, Grand Prix of the Academy Amorim best enological research work 2003, and collaborator of teachers in the wine world as Jean Claude Berrouet and Denis Dubourdieu in France or Alvaro Palacios in Spain. Winemaker comments on the wine "proportions used each year they depend on the end of the harvest, particularly in the case of this red 2006 features, we have not used one of the varieties also grow, the Merlot ". vintage After analyzing the grapes "Terroir unit" and having tasted thoroughly and repeatedly berries, harvest date is set. The goal is to harvest the grapes and vinified separately after each terroir units, ie, each variety on a given soil type with the same behavior throughout the vegetative cycle. One is collected manually in boxes of 15 to 17 kg., not to crush the grapes. Then the boxes are stored in a cold room at 6 ° C for 15 to 30 hours. The next day the boxes are unloaded on a sorting table where 6 people eliminate inferior grapes (you pasificadas, damaged or secondary clusters) and plant debris (leaves and petioles). Parenting and Uva The wine has a clrianza in French oak barrels, medium toast, of which 40 to 50% are new and the rest of one and two years, from twelve to 14 months. the barrels come from French forests of Tronçais, Allier and Bertranges. The choice of the origin of the wood, the volume of the barrel and even the duration of parenting is fundamental depending on the grape variety, and after the intrinsic qualities of each batch. Wine: 'Tasting Notes' Visually has an intense cassis color with purple reflections. The nose is intense, fruity (strawberry, blackcurrant, blackberry cream), floral and resinous (red pepper), spicy (black pepper and cloves) and empyreumatic (coffee, smoked, roasted). The attack on the palate is full bodied and tannin is silky. It is dense, tasty and with a great balance that highlights its freshness. Wood tannins are well integrated. It is a wine with personality Aging: 12 months in French oak barrels