Silbón Verdejo 2024

Wine tasting:

Medium-intensity greenish hue, with abundant legs in the glass.
Delicious fruit and citrus, exuberant aromas, herbs such as fennel and mineral notes prepare the palate for a complex, well-structured wine with very good acidity.
Oenologist: Ramiro Carbajo del Río.

Winery:

We continue working in rented facilities, where we have our deposits.

Technical information:

Wine name and harvest year: Silbón Verdejo 2024.

Designation of origin: D.O. Rueda.

Technical manager: Ramiro Carbajo del Río.

Production: 6.500 bottles.

Viticulture: This wine is made with the variety of grape Verdejo, from a controlled vineyard of 32 years of age, in formation of trellis, located in the municipality of Rueda (Valladolid). At 761 meters of altitude.
The year 2024 brought a rainy winter and spring, with temperatures remaining high as usual. Nevertheless, this allowed for slower and more gradual ripening in our vineyards, resulting in musts with a more favorable balance between acidity and pH. The wines are fresh on the nose, with fruity notes and floral characteristics.

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

Vineyard age: 32 years.

Pruning system: Espalier.

Grape harvest: Machine harvested on the 16th of September at night.

Grape variety: Verdejo.

Packaging:

Format: 6 bottles on cardboard box.

Pre-fermentation process:

Duration: 1 hour.

Temperature: 7 °C.

Alcoholic fermentation:

Duration: 19 days.

Temperature: 12 °C.

Malolactic fermentation:

N/A.

Maturing in tanks:

On lees suspended for four months.

Physical-Chemical properties:

Alcoholic strength by volume: 12,5% vol.

Total acidity content: 5,9 g/l

Residual sugar: <1,5 g/l.

pH: 3,3.

Clarification: Natural with cold.

Filtration: 0,45 micron when bottling.