Sofros 2021

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Wine tasting:

Reddish tones with bluish highlights.
Complex aromas at first, followed by spices, licorice, and aromatic herbs… Subtle mineral notes from our volcanic stone toasting. Powerful, with integrated tannins that provide texture and roundness. Fresh, with a long finish.
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 2021.

Designation of origin: D.O. Toro.

Technical manager: Ramiro Carbajo del Río.

Production: 8.000 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.
A warm winter that gave way to a dry summer. Very good grape quality with a very pronounced average decrease in yield, initially due to the Filomena storm (in spring) that caused frost and some hail, and later due to the rains and some hailstorms in late August and early September. Even so, these conditions helped to increase the quality of the grape and yielded an optimal ripeness.

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: 94 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: 6 °C.

Alcoholic fermentation:

Duration: 17 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: 2.

Physical-Chemical properties:

Alcoholic strength by volume: 14,5% vol.

Total acidity content: 5,6 g/l

Residual sugar: <2 g/l.

pH: 3,6.

Clarification: Without clarifying.

Filtration: No filtration.