The Family’s Selection
Vintage
2017
Annual production
12.133 bottles
Variety
68% Picapoll Blanc
32% Picapoll Negre
Winemaking method
Picapoll Blanc was picked by manual harvest. Skin contact under cold temperature before pressing. The red grapes produced as a “Blanc de noirs”.
Each variety was produced in different stainless steel tanks. Fermented 21 days at 16ºC. Aging with lees for 5 months with weekly pump over.
Tasting notes
Straw yellow color with golden reflections.
In nose there is a great complexity combining aromas of white fruits like pear and lychee, aromatic elegance of its passage through the different elements used for aging.
In mouth is nice and creamy with a good volume.
In the aftertaste find fresh and fruity aromas causing it a gourmet and complex wine.
It is advised to be serve it between 8ºC and 10ºC.
LABORATORY TESTS
Alcoholic at bottling
12% vol.
Total acid at bottling
6.20 g/l
Volatile acid at bottling
0.22 g/l
PH
3.22
Residual sugar
0.3 g/l
Total sulphur
62 mg/l
VITICULTURE
Plot’s name
Finca El Simulacre and Finca Baltasar
Clones
SO4, Ritcher-110
Planting pattern
3.4m x 1.2m
Vineyard age
19 years on average
Soil type
Clay-loam soil with low levels of organic material
Rainfall 2016
550,70 litres/m2
Conduction system
Double Royat
Location
Manresa
Altitude
280 metres
Orientation
south-east
Production
4.779 kg/ha
Treatments
According with organic viticulture
Recognition and awards
Catalan Wine Guide 9.55 points
