La Garnacha de Hielo (37,5CL)

Variety

100% Garnacha

Vineyard

Strains planted in 1906 on ferrous clay soil at 600 meters altitude.

Harvest

The vineyard is harvested with temperatures below zero.

Winemaking

After the harvest, the grapes were quickly pressed into a small manual spindle press, making the right pressure to remove the nectar without breaking the frozen water crystals. This extracted must fermented naturally for more than two months in French oak barrels.

Ageing

18 months in French oak barrels.

Alcohol

13.5% Vol.

Tasting Note

Visual: pale pink, with ochre notes contributed by aging and by a harvest in extreme conditions.
Nose: subtle and complex. Quinces, dried apricots and orange peel are combined, with liquorous notes, light toasted and aromatic herbs, changing the profile and surprising by the diversity of nuances.
Mouth: wine dense, fresh, glyceric and tasty, leaving a long aftertaste of fruit and liquor, as if it were a magical elixir. With a marked acidity that will give longevity to the wine.

Origin

This project is a tribute to Garnacha, a variety historically forgotten and denoted by its complicated viticulture. Project Garnachas is a collection of monovarietal wines made in different areas of the Ebro Valley and from very old vineyards. Each wine expresses all the nuances and singularities of its production area.

Awards

92 points. Jamie Goode Score. Vintage 2014.

91 points and Best Wine. Penin 2018 Guide. Vintage 2014.