Ostatu Gran Reserva 2015
Sensible wines
Exclusivity of vintages. Tempranillo and Graciano. An elegant expression of the potential of great vintages in Samaniego. 24 months aging in oak casks, 5 months in oak tub and more than three years in the bottle give us a long life wine, elegant and perfumed, with excellent acidity and freshness.
- Vintage: 2015
- Vintage Classification: excellent
- Bottled: April 2018
- Production: 4.200 Bottles
Tasting notes
- Deep dark cherry colour.
- Intense, complex and full of sensations that contrast through the aromas of candied fruit, woodwork, tobacco and fine cocoa.
- Sweet, soft and very velvety.
- Spicy, with ripe tannins and a long finish
Viticulture & vineyards
- The grapes come from our vineyard "El Rincón" located on small south facing slope, ready to take the morning sun, at an average altitude of 600m above the see level.
- Poor clay soil, very poor. The subsoil is made up of various layers of earth and white rock
- Wine-maker & vineyard management Sáenz de Samaniego family.
- 85% Tempranillo, 15% Graciano
- Plantation density: 3.000 vines/hectare.
- Goblet pruning.
- Production: 1.5 kg/vine
- Hand harvested, in 15 Kg boxes, on 11th October.
Wine-Making
- Vineyard grape selection, only the best grapes are taken to the winery.
- Light destemming process to avoid damaging the grapes, without wringing out. Pre-fermentation cold maceration.
- Alcoholic fermentation in small capacity vats for 21 days at a maximum temperature of 28°C. Reworking and breaking up the cap as appropriate during the fermentation.
- Malolactic fermentation in new French oak casks. The wine is aged for almost 24 months in 50% new and 50% for the 1st and 2nd year French oak cask. After that, the wine goes to a wooden vat for extra 5 months ageing.
- This wine does not undergo any stabilisation process.
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