Macabeo MON

Third vintage of our white wine from the Montesanco winery, built in 1882 under the name of “Casa de la Viña”.
We have made this MÓN wine from a small plot of 5 hectares of Macabeo vines over 50 years old at an altitude of 731 meters.

With a favorable winter and a spring with water, this vintage was characterized by excessive heat in the summer months, causing a complicated ripening of the grapes and a decrease in production, but resulting in a raw material of excellent quality.

100% Macabeo from non-irrigated trellised vines in Casa de la Viña, on a chalky soil and a yield of approximately 3kg per vine.
Organic and biodynamic viticulture. Grapes were harvested by hand from 6 a.m. on September 13. Ten days earlier, the vines were partially defoliated to increase the concentration of sugars.

After a second selection of the grapes in the winery, the bunches were destemmed and introduced by gravity into a tank where carbonic snow was added and remained in contact with the skins for 24 hours at a very low temperature.
Once the must was cleaned, it was partially racked into new 500-liter French oak barrels. After fermentation, the wine is racked together with its fine lees to a tank where the “bâtonnage” takes place every 3 days. This wine was bottled in December 2021.

• Color: pale yellow.
• Nose: predominance of fresh varietal aromas with citrus and lactic notes and white flowers.
• Palate: balanced acidity and unctuous sensations due to aging on lees. Very expressive with citrus aromas, exotic fruit and final notes of
  honey.

• Alcoholic strength: 13.5% Vol.
• Contains sulfites.

• 97 points in Guía Vinos y Aceites SEVI 2020 (best Spanish Macabeo presented to this Guide).
• 90 points in Guía Peñín 2021 Silver medal in Millésime Bio 2020.