Description
This wine is dedicated to Chronos, God of Time and Events. Born as the son of our oldest vineyard together with the fortification process that stops fermentation the moment the material releases its fragrances.
Chronos
€34,50
Fortified red
Alcohol content: 18% vol
Merlot grapes
Vineyard
• Planting year: 1926
• Plant density: 3400 plants per hectare (3m x 1m)
• Training system: double guyot
Soil
Sandy loam, 15% skeleton
Harvest
Manual, third decade of September
Vinification
• Maceration: 8 days in open wooden vats
• Primary fermentation: maloalcoholic with selected yeasts
• Mutization on day 9 with alcohol
• 20% of bloodletting, daily manual folature
Refinement
• Aging in stainless steel tanks in contact with the noble lees
