Ostatu Crianza 2021

• Vintage: 2021
• Vintage Classification: very good
• Bottled: May 2023
• Production: 87.770 75cl. / 1.509 magnum 150cl./ 1.985 50cl.

Tasting Notes

• Deep cherry red with purple highlights. It brings us a very fruity nose (ripened black and red fruit)
• with freshness and memories of balsamic notes, spices and some toasted signs, rounding its expression.
• On the palate is juicy, firm, elegant and fresh, leaving us the fruity and pleasant sensation of a balanced body where notes of blackberry, cherry, red and black plums and a touch of liquorice appear.
• Memories of nuts, woodwork and very light toasted signs.

Vineyards and viticulture

• The grapes come from our vineyards located in Samaniego, at an average altitude of 580m above the sea level
• Poor calcareous/clay and stony soils, ochre coloured.
• The subsoil is made up of various layers of white rock.
• Wine-maker & vineyard management: Sáenz de Samaniego Family
• 90% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano, Mazuelo and Garnacha.
• Vineyards between 25 and 50 years old.
• Plantation density: 3.000 vines/hectare.
• Goblet and double cord pruning.
• Production: 5.274 kg/hectare
• Hand harvested between 5^th and 15^rd October.

Wine-Making

• Pre-fermentation cold maceration.
• Alcoholic fermentation in small capacity vats for 12 days at a maximum temperature of 26°C.
• For this wine we use the whole grapes carbonic maceration and a part of destemmed grapes.
• Malolactic fermentation in stainless steel vats.
• 12 months cask ageing.
• This wine does not undergo any stabilisation process. It has a soft filtering process just before the bottling.