Constantina Sotelo - Viñas Vellas Et. Marron - 2020 - vdm (regio Rias Baixas)

100% Albarino from 'Viñas Vellas' on chesnut-barrel, indigenous yeast, no additives so no added sulphites, unfined, unfiltered

ANALYTICS:
Total Acidity: 8,5 g / l
pH: 3.05
Grade alc .: 13 º
Sugars: <1 g / l
Free SO2: <1 mg / l
Total SO2: <10 mg / l

VARIETY: Albariño
VINEYARDS
They come from a family vineyard with 50-year-old strains with
free foot, oriented to the northwest that is 1km from the sea. The
vineyards are conducted by means of the breading system.
VITICULTURE
Budding at the end of February and flowering at the beginning of
May with fruit setting at the end of the same month and veraison
at the end of July, the mildew attacks mainly in the month of June
on the cluster.
SOIL AND CLIMATE
The vineyards are on granitic decomposition soils.
Atypical climate, mainly warm vintage, winter with mild
temperatures that do not let the sap rest, warm spring and rains
until July that favor the attack of mildew, dry summer from July to
August, heavy rains in mid-August.
HARVEST
Manual in boxes of 15kg. September 2020
VINIFICATION
Direct pressing without crushing. Spontaneous fermentation in
chestnut wood with its own indigenous yeasts without
temperature control.
Aged in chestnut wood on its fine lees.
BOTTLING: August 2021
Unfiltered bottled wine, separated from its lees by decantation
and without any stabilization treatment. No S02 add.