El Pocito Rufete

Cambrico · Sierra de Francia, Spain

Grapes from El Pocito in Villanueva del Conde, are on a steeply sloping terraced hillside with granitic soil and abundant quartz at an altitude of 700 to 800 mts. The vineyard was replanted in 1902.

This wine has a delicate cherry-red color with complex aromas of spice, ripe fruit, dried flowers and wild herbs. On the palate, it is savory and complex with a long and balanced finish.

Farming
Certified Organic

Harvest Method
Hand harvest

Varietal
100% Rufete

Age of Vineyard
Planted in 1903

Vessel
French oak barrels of 500 liters for 14 months

Vineyard Yield
25 hectoliter/hectare

Soil Type
Granitic and quartz

Annual Production
656 bottles

Vinification
Manually sorted and harvested into 15 kg picking crates. Destemmed and rigorously sorted on the sorting tables. Fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel tanks. Wine later moved via gravity to french oak barrels to undergo malolactic fermentation; manual punch downs. Aged in French oak barrels of 500 liters for 16 months, unfined and unfiltered.