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Castillo de Maluenda - Punto Y Coma - Old Vines 2018
- Producer Castillo de Maluenda
- Blend 100% Garnacha
- Country Spain
- Region Aragon
- Appellation Calatayud
- UPC 0 15643 25506 9
Food pairing
Ideal accompaniment for roast meats, stews and strong cheeses.
Tasting notes
High layer of cherry-red color. Bright, intense on the nose, resembling ripe fruit, strawberry jam, and prunes. It’s a complex and mineral wine, which opens after moving the glass, reminding its
fruitiness and some aromas resultant of the conduction of its fermentation like balsamic and honey. Full-bodied and gentle in mouth, it turns out to be a tasty wine with a long finish and notes of liquorice and clove. Well balanced, it leaves a long and nice memory in its aftertaste.
Estate
From the Calatayud Denominacion de Origen, at altitudes of between 680 & 1,050 metres, from the villages of Acered, Alarba and Castejon de Alarba. The mountainside vineyards, on soils of slate and quartzite, produce wines with a distinctive mineral quality.
Vinification
The first selection of grapes took place in the vineyard, from of at least 40 years old and selected areas. The ripening is strictly controlled in a weekly basis is order to get the optimum ripening point, normally happening during the second week of October. The grapes were hand-picked, and after further selection in the winery, were crushed and after vatted in 5000-10000 liter tanks. Fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature of 22°C. It’s kept in French oak barrels before bottling.