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red "guarda" 00
a selection of fruit from very low yielding Carignan vines from some of our oldest vineyards on steep slopes. Aged for 12 months in new French oak barrels.
"vi de guarda", is the phrase used in the Priorat to describe wines which have been aged for at least 12 months in oak barrels.
TECHNICAL
Cellar: Vinícola
del Priorat, SCCL
Name of the wine: Ònix Selecció
Harvest: 2000
Production: 4,000 750ml bottles
Wine type: oak-aged red
Grape varieties: 100% Carinyena (Carignan)
Vineyards: This wine is made from specific vineyards, with the
best grapes being selected every harvest from our own old Carinyena
vines. These vines grow on shale slopes and have very low yields (300
grams/10 ounces per vine). Only the best years' production of old
Carinyena grapes are used.
Harvest: by hand, with 15-kilo boxes
Monitoring of ripening: phenolic ripening criteria
Entry into cellar: via a small stemmer
Vinification: 5,000-litre stainless steel containers with temperature control. Cold pre-maceration. Alcoholic fermentation at 28ºC. Maceration 25-30 days. Malolactic fermentation.
Ageing: 12 months
Barrels: 100% French, 1st year
Selection of barrels: after barrel-by-barrel tasting, barrels which do not reach the necessary levels of quality are separated out.
Alcohol content: 14%