Silbón Verdejo 2017

Wine tasting:

Lemon yellow with touches of Arbequina, shiny and clean. Very complex, explosive, cool and elegant. Citrus hints, varietal bottom notes of peach/pear-cocktail. Fresh, elegant and sweet with good acidity. Slightly bitter finish that will be good for the bottle.

Winery:

We continue working in rented facilities, where we have our deposits, barrels and everything necessary to continue maintaining a craft and respectful production with the grape and wine, trying to emulate our ancestors.


Technical information:

Wine name and harvest year: Silbón Verdejo 2017.

Designation of origin: Blanco D.O. Rueda.

Technical manager: Ramiro Carbajo del Río.

Production: 8.000 bottles.

Viticulture: This wine is made with the variety of grape Verdejo, from a controlled vineyard of 25 years of age, in formation of trellis, located in the municipality of Rueda (Valladolid). At 761 meters of altitude. 2017: Difficult vintage. Frosts (two of them, late April and early May) combined with hail as well as a pressing drought, have been the factors that determined the work of winemakers and grape-growers.

Soil: Of gravely terrain with sandy loam texture, good aeration and drainage.

Vineyard age: 25 years.

Pruning system: Espalier.

Grape harvest: 4 of September, harvested in 15 kg. boxes.

Grape variety: Verdejo.

Packaging:

Format: 6 bottles on cardboard box.

Pre-fermentation process:

Duration: 6 hours.

Temperature: 3 °C.

Alcoholic fermentation:

Duration: 24 days.

Temperature: 12 °C.

Malolactic fermentation:

N/A.

Maturing in tanks:

On lees suspended for three months.

Physical-Chemical properties:

Alcoholic strength by volume: 12,5% vol.

Total acidity content: 5,70 g/l

Residual sugar: < 2 g/l.

pH: 3,4.

Clarification: Natural with cold.

Filtration: 0.45 microns when bottling.