Cambrico Miranda Rufete

Cambrico · Sierra de Francia, Spain

The wine is made with the local variety Rufete from three plots located in Miranda del Castañar at an altitude of 700 m. The vines are over 80 years old. It is a delicate wine, with concentrated aromas of ripe red fruits, floral aromas of wild herbs and very fine tannins with persistence and minerality.

Farming
Certified Organic

Harvest Method
Hand harvest

Varietal
100% Rufete

Age of Vineyard
Planted between 1910 and 1940

Vessel
Fermentation in stainless steel and aging in 300 l and 500 l used French oak barrel.

Vineyard Yield
35 hectoliter/hectare

Soil Type
Granitic sand

Annual Production
4000 bottles

Vinification
Bunches are sorted and hand harvested into 16 kg crates. Grapes are 70% destemmed and carefully sorted. Grapes are then transferred by gravity into stainless steel tanks where spontaneous fermentation takes place. Malolactic fermentation is done in used French oak followed by 7 months aging in used barrels of 300 and 500L. Occasional punch-downs. Unfined, unfiltered.