Name:
BODEGA SAN SALVADOR DE SOUTOMAIOR
Description:
Coming from a single farm of 3 ha. on the mountainous slope of the Verdugo river, belonging to the Soutomaior subzone.
Soutomaior is the smallest sub-area of the five that make up the Rías Baixas designation of origin.
Age:
Launching may 2019
Ground:
Southern exposure, sandy soil with an intermediate layer of xabre and granitic mother rock. Slope with an average slope of 18%.
Weather:
Atlantic oceanic.
Vintage precipitation: 1166 mm
Average temperature: 15.1º C
Number of sunny hours: 1492
Vines density per ha: 3200
Oenologist:
Pablo Estévez
Harvest:
09/30/2017 manual in boxes of 20 kg.
Vinification:
Direct pressing without crushing.
Aging on fine lees. Without destemming.
Alcoholic fermentation 12 days at 18º C
Malolactic fermentation in 220 liter oak barrels for 4 months.
Aging:
Aging in 2nd and 3rd year oak barrels for malolactic fermentation.