Cámbrico Rufete Granito
EL POCITO
2017
Our most special wine is made with grapes from El Pocito in Villanueva del Conde, on a steeply sloping terraced hillside with granitic soil and abundant quartz at an altitude of 700 to 800 m . The vineyard was replanted in 1902, so most of the vines from which this wine is made date back to that year.
Vintage 2019:
93 Peñin Points
Vintage 2017:
95 Atkin Points
93 Peñin Points
2015 vintage:
93 Peñin Points
Vintage 2018:
92 Decanter Points
"95 Pale and hauntingly delicate in colour, this is wild, savoury and complex, with wonderful grip and precision and a long, gritty finish."
Type of grape
Rufete 100%
Production
672 bottles
Alcohol
14,5% vol
In 2017 flowering was 20 days earlier than average.
This early flowering combined with an extremely hot month of June meant that the grapes veraisoned at the beginning of July, a month early.
20 litres of rain in July and another 20 litres in August alleviated the water stress and helped the grapes to ripen well, early, but with good quality. The harvest began on 17 August.
We had never harvested as early as in 2017.
Aromas of ripe red fruit (strawberries), wild flowers, menthol and a very well-integrated ageing touch. Fine on the palate, fresh and silky. It maintains great energy and surprising complexity.
- Harvest in 10 kg boxes with selection of clusters in the vineyard.
- Manual selection of grapes.
- Fermentation in steel tanks with indigenous yeasts.
- Must and wine are always moved by gravity.
- Malolactic fermentation in French oak barrels.
- Aged in 500-litre French oak for 16 months.
- Wine always moves by gravity.
