Harvest: Early October (6th to 11th). Handpicked and selected from the vines by the harvester, who are all members of the family. The grapes were collected in plastic crates holding 12 or 20 kg, stackable for easy transportation. Harvesting by parcels looking for optimum maturity and selection in plot (first selection).
Wine process: Grape were selected in the vineyards and also now in the Winery. We kept the must contained for 4-6 days delaying the fermentation process and extracting colour from the antocyans (maceration). The wines was pump 3 time a day to break the cap and extract the richest colour possible. The alcoholic fermentation lasted 11 days the temperature was controlled between 26 to 31 degrees. Pip extraction reaching 26% using delestages method. Only first must. Natural malolactic fermentation. Albumin clarified. Decanted due to the harshness of the winter. Not filtered. Bottling: at the end of July (after having spent more 9 months in American (50%) and French (50%) barrels)
Wine Tasting:
· Colour: Well dressed, with plenty of color, clean, bright (good acidity) with purple details, indigo pronounced on the rim. Good color, perhaps too much, this is a wine for aging, timeless. The wine has evolved well in barrel.
· In Nose: Very intense wine character, but without blunting. Balance between touches of black fruit (blackberry, plum) and red (currant, cherry), with some spicy (white and black pepper). Fresh memories, this year more Atlantic, lighter, vegetable aromas and constancy of nutmeg, oak, cinnamon, vanilla and cocoa, well integrated (new or semi new barrel) maybe some candy for the toasting of the barrel.
· In the mouth: Dry fruit forward, expressive, the blackberry tones return, and black plum, some black and red currant, the cherry hints, perhaps a soft tannin and a little less body than in previous years, without forgetting the fruit, enveloping, intense in half mouth, Alcohol well integrated and well compensated with the tannin. Oak barrel of first and second year. It keeps fruit memories for a long time.
· Given its texture, we believe that it will keep its qualities for a few years. Its best stage 2.019-2025
· Serve between 15 to 18 degrees
· Don´t expose directly in the sun and keep at temperature close to 20º. The bottle lying down or upside down.
On the banks of the Duero, keeping the richness of a soil that was once a river, the lands where our wines are born extend.
Linaje Garsea wines are born from the love of 7 brothers who receive the legacy and try to turn it into an expression of respect, passion and good work.
Third generation family winery with its own vineyard (55 hectares) with vineyards over 45 years, distributed by the D.O. Ribera del Duero.
The most important pillars of the Winery are the Naturality and Health of the wines. Wines made in an artisanal and natural way, which reflect the rich soils from which they come and the magic of knowing how to combine the different types of French, American, Spanish and Hungarian oak barrels. All this with the Tempranillo grape as the protagonist who lets itself be loved and cared for in dry land that does not admit anything other than the natural environment and the sustainability.
We invite you to discover our wines, full of flavor, expressive and with character. But if you like white varieties, don't miss our Verdejo 100% from D.O. Rueda as well as our rosé from D.O. Cigales
If you are looking for high expression wines, then you are in the most successful place.