Sofros 2020

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Wine tasting:

Bright bluish-red tones.
Fragrant aromas of spices and minerals are wrapped in delicious fruit.
Subtle entry on the palate, with well-integrated acidity; again, spices and fruit flood the mouth.
Good, rounded tannins. Fatty and fruity finish with a savory aftertaste.
The enologist: Ramiro Carbajo del Río

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: Sofros 2020.

Designation of origin: D.O. Toro.

Technical manager: Ramiro Carbajo del Río.

Production: 9.500 bottles.

Viticulture: Made with tinta de toro grape from very gently cared vineyards of 5 hectares, located in a village called Morales de Toro in the territorial región of Zamora, at 705 metres of altitude.
In spring, pessimism reigned in our vineyards. Rain, powdery mildew, downy mildew... but time and good work brought back the calm and high expectations of a historic vintage. We started harvesting responsibly through the challenging times caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, complying with all the protective measures both in the vineyard and in the winery; and as always interpreting the maturity rates of each plot to achieve that balance between acidity and pH, phenolic maturity and sugars. This year we were extra cautious with the sugar maturity because the weather favored a high sugar content in our grapes. The good health of the grapes and a careful selection of the plots for their ripeness and exposure, have allowed us to produce a rich and complex vintage with wines at 13.5 % vol. Another extraordinary vintage for the quality, complexity, and structure of its wines, such as it was in 2019.

Soil: Sediments of sandstones, clays and limestones, with boulders on surface. Low content of organic material and an unbalanced on acidit and pH.

Vineyard age: 93 years.

Pruning system: Goblet.

Grape harvest: 30 of September, harvested in 15 kg. boxes.

Grape variety: Tinta de Toro.

Packaging:

Format: 6 bottles on cardboard box.

Pre-fermentation process:

Duration: 4 days.

Temperature: 8 °C.

Alcoholic fermentation:

Duration: 12 days with native yeasts.

Temperature: At 24 ºC reaching up to 30 ºC during some hours.

Malolactic fermentation:

On barrels.

In new French oak barrels with inoculation of lactic bacteria

Maturing in casks:

Capacity: 225 liters.

Moment of usage: New barrels with volcanic rock roast, we change them every year.

Type: French oak 100 %.

Grain size: Very fine.

Roast: Medium.

Aging: 18 months.

Switches: 3.

Physical-Chemical properties:

Alcoholic strength by volume: 14,5% vol.

Total acidity content: 5,7 g/l

Residual sugar: <2 g/l.

pH: 3,6.

Clarification: Without clarifying.

Filtration: No filtration.