Dehesa del Carrizal Colección Privada 2000

Modernity is felt in every corner, with a magnificent vineyard, where drip irrigation has been buried for better use of water (evaporation is avoided) and provide water to the deeper roots preventing develop near the surface. Irrigation is essential here, in a tough but predictable climate: the summer drought is almost complete and timely rains come every year, marking the end of the harvest. Irrigation is metered to obtain significant production around 10,000 kilos of grapes per hectare, which is what Ignatius Miguel considered ideal for balancing using high insolation. Harvest It is done by hand in small plastic boxes, after rigorous control ripening varieties. The grapes are harvested between September 15 and October 20, can reach a few years until early November. Vinification and aging Upon arrival at winery separately from each of the varietals, de-stemmed and discharged by gravity conveyor belt to the tanks, where they perform the alcoholic fermentation at a controlled temperature, a maximum of 28 ° C. After passing each varietal to rip 4,000-liter timber where the malolactic fermentation. Then a first assembly of varieties is made and enters new French oak barrels. Also it enters barrel varietal wines separately to the mixture to be corrected during aging. Tasting Notes Live Intense cherry red with shades of youth. Complex nose with notes of candied floral black fruits (violet), spices, minerals and soothing tones. Entry into tasty, large, powerful mouth and very personality. Memories of ripe fruit and clean wood. Long and complex, with black chocolate, toffee and toast points. Oenologist Ignacio de Miguel knew firsthand the farm and its grapes from the outset and, in 1995, when he left Village Olive, coinciding with the entrance or near the Arco Group, he created his own professional office. Following the example of Roland, Ignacio de Miguel advises wines and vineyards in different Spanish regions, with some specialization by vineyards and wineries known tycoons business and finance (hence comes the sobriquet "Winemaker of the jet"), as Estancia Piedra in Toro, the draft Alfonso Cortina, in the same valley Bullaque, and many others, to complete a payroll of more than a dozen viticultural initiatives or wine. We can say without fear of contradiction, that Dehesa del Carrizal is the apple of the eye of the oenologist. It has continued its evolution from the first steps and you could say that the vineyard, wine and coach have grown juntos.Crianza: 13 months in new French oak barrels.