6 x Cepa Gavilan 2008

The trajectory of this winery, a pioneer in Ribera del Duero, begins in 1980, when three brothers, Benjamín, Manuel and Adolfo Pérez Pascuas, convinced of its possibilities by excellent vineyards of his father Mauro, decide to undertake and implement launched an ambitious project to make one of the best wines of Spain and better international projection. It is a family winery, which from its origins opted for the development of "Great Wines". Currently 500,000 bottles a year are produced, and this production so limited enables control the whole process from the beginning. BODEGAS HNOS. PEREZ PASCUAS is an example of a well-consolidated, serious cellar that has always distinguished itself by maintaining its wines irreproachable regularity year after year. The history of the winery begins with Mauro Perez and the land he worked and loved throughout his life. laborious and innate intelligence, man knew how to transmit to their children respect for the land and work well done. Pérez Pascuas brothers founded the winery in 1980 with the aim of setting up a family project whose motivation is to get high quality wines. Today, it is a solid project and recognized worldwide, where two generations side by side work. Vine and Grape The winery vinified its own grapes from 120 hectares of vineyards owned. They have a considerable amount of strains over twenty five years in prime area payments. The predominant grape in the vineyard is the variety Tinta Fina (Tempranillo) and a small percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon. The vineyard is located in Pedrosa de Duero, in wine-growing town centenarian tradition and welcome to the designation of Ribera del Duero.Se sits on a soft floor topography and clay-calcareous nature, at an altitude of 840 meters above sea level. The climate is continental, with Atlantic influence and the mean annual temperature is 11 ° C, with rainfall around 475 mm / year. Surrounded by vineyards and lush pine forest next to the family, the modern facilities of the winery sharing space with traditional elements of the area are located. All details are taken care of and are part of a way of understanding the respect for the land and environment. In total, some 6,000 square meters at the service of functionality in the production and aging of wines. winemaking . Bodegas Hnos Pérez Pascuas is provided with appropriate facilities that allow you to apply your knowledge in the working depth, which seek respect for the terroir to achieve the maximum expression of their vineyards and - consequently - the full potential of the grapes. The facilities are perfectly organized to fulfill a specific function or processing that results in knowledge and appreciation the wine made. Thus, they have come to optimize the functions of the winery. about 500,000 bottles a year of which 40% to over 35 countries exported are currently marketed. Foster ships host more than 3,000 barrels where they mature and wines are ennobled. The optimal selection of the best oak, along with a rigorous monitoring during this period of aging, conducted with wisdom and patience in turn, result in a great work: complex, subtle, elegant, while concentrated reds, opulent, structured ... full of nuances. When the barrels arrive in the third year, they are replaced by new ones to respect the style of house wines. Winemaker monitors and manages all the steps of making wine until it rests in the stillness and silence of the cellar where only time will finish the job. During the process, it has been respected the full potential of the grape, vinifying by area and carrying out genuine, very particular and specific elaborations that print the wines from this winery a personality, style and identity inconfunCrianza: 12 months in barrels American and French oak.