Cerro la Isa Garnacha 2017
DATA SHEET
Wine: Tinto
Varieties: 100% Red Garnacha
Brand: Cerro la Isa
Region: D.O.Ca. Rioja. Rioja Alta. Baños de Río Tobía.
Method: Organic Viticulture
ORIGIN OF THE GRAPE
Viñedo Singular is the new top category in Rioja wines. Cerro la Isa Garnacha is made with the best grapes selected during the harvest of the old gobelet-trained vineyards that Juan Carlos Sancha’s great-grandfather planted 113 years ago for his son, upholding a long-standing tradition in Rioja. This petite jewel of a plot occupies just 1.7 hectares tucked away on a slope that enjoys perfect southern exposure on an impressive grade at 700 metres above sea level overlooking the upstream valley of the Najerilla river (called Alto Valle del Najerilla by locals) in Baños de Río Tobía. The vineyard’s extremely limited yield and exacting selection process have resulted in a production of only 600 bottles. This wine is one of the few that has been awarded the distinction of Viñedo Singular.
WINEMAKING
Vineyard: Classified as a unique Viñedo Singular vineyard. Planted in 1906 in a square “marco real” grid pattern measuring 1.4 by 1.4 hectares. Located on a parcel with perfect southern exposure on a 40% grade at 700 metres above sea level in shallow, nutrient-poor soil whose strong limestone-clay character is accented by a high iron content. The Garnacha Tinta red grape variety mingles with other white varieties in the vineyard, all of them perfectly adapted to their environment.
Climate: The Alto Najerilla area is known for its particularly chilly winters, balmy summers and long, mild autumns whose stark differences between day and night time temperatures create perfect conditions for slow ripening, well-synthesised polyphenols and highly-developed berry aromatics.
Harvest: Hand-picked grapes were carried in 15-kg boxes during the last week of October. Extremely limited yield of 2,500 kg per hectare. Elaboración:After each grape was destemmed by hand, they were all placed in 500-litre premium Tronçais French oak barrels for alcoholic fermentation.
Winemaking: Wine aged for 18 months on its lees in the same 500-litre barrels where it fermented in some of France’s best oak.
Production: 600 bottles.
TASTING SHEET
Destaca su color morado de muy alta intensidad.
Frutal, con recuerdos de regaliz y yodo.
Paladar estructurado, voluminoso y complejo, con taninos sedosos y elegantes que equilibran perfectamente su acidez. Muy larga persistencia en boca.