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PRODUCTION PROCESS The winery applies the latest vinification technology. They have stainless steel tanks of different sizes, from the smallest ones, having a capacity of 1,000 and 1,500 litres, to the intermediate of 9,500 and 10,400 litres, suitable for the separate wine production process of the highest quality plots. Their biggest tanks are 25,000; 42,750 and 53,000 litres used for blends and the large vineyard plots. |
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AGEING IN BARRELS AND BOTTLES In the barrel cellar there lie 900 French and American oak barrels with a capacity of 225 litres per barrel. One third of the barrels is renewed each year, so there is always a third which is brand new, another third which is one year old, and the final third being two years old. Once the ageing in barrels is complete, the wine is bottled and stored in metal crates for a perfect balance between fruit and oak. Both the barrel and the bottle cellars are air-conditioned for temperature control purposes. |
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| The Vineyards | |
| The winery owns 43.5 Hectares (107.4 acres) of vineyard distributed among several areas. In each of these areas the winery´s vineyards are divided into different plots, depending on the grape variety, antiquity of the vineyard, type of soil, orientation, etc. This separation allows the grapes to be separated in the production phase. As for the harvest, the grapes are picked by hand, using 15kg (33.06 pounds) crates for the best-quality plots, from which the best wines are obtained. | |
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Pago de La
Grajera (La Grajera-Logroño) This plot is by the new winery. It measures 14 Hectares (34.5 acres) and is 100% Tempranillo planted between 1987 and 1990. The soil contains clay with soft hillsides and midday orientation. |
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Pago El Tiro (La Grajera-Logroño) The soil type is calcareous and clay-like, planted in 1989. It measures 1.5 Hectares. (2.6 acres) All hillside in orientation. The vines are near La Grajera. |
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Pago Cerro del Prior y
Peñalogroño (Yagüe) Planted in 1990 these two plots together measure 8 Hectares or 19.76 acres. 100% Tempranillo planted on wire. |
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Pago de Valondo y La Isla (El
Cortijillo) With an extension of 5 Hectares (12.35 acres) these two plots of the variety Tempranillo and Graciano, lying in a flat area, were planted using wires between 1994 and 1995. The soil is pebbly, orientated towards the rising sun. |
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Pagos de La Llana, Valdomé, El
Cerrillo, La Selva,Valvarión, Valvendía, El Valle,
La Pedrera, Cerro de San
Cristóbal, Las Arenas, Cerrosotés, Los Pradillos, el
Río y
Santolín (Hornos de Moncalvillo) In the municipality of Hornos de Moncalvillo, origin of the Cerrolaza family, there lie the most ancient vineyards cultivated by three generations of the family. The total extension of these plots is 15 Has.(37.06 acres) of which 90% are bush vines and an average age between 40 and 50 years old, though one of them is 80 years old. The remaining 10% are vines growing on wires and was planted in 1987. The varieties in these plots are Tempranillo (85%), robe (10%) and Mazuelo (5%). These vineyards lie between 550 and 700 metres high on a very steep hillside with pebbly soil. The climate is typical of mountain areas, with a great variation in temperature between day and night.(Diurnal Swing) |
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| The Wine | |
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