Data Sheer / Tasting notes
ENATE Syrah-Shiraz 2019
GRAPE VARIETALS: Syrah from Cregenzán plot and Shiraz from Alcanetos Valley.
WINEMAKING METHODS: Grapes were harvested in optimal maturation conditions, entering at the winery in perfect health conditions thanks to an exhaustive disease control performed. The must underwent fermentation at 26 ºC in small stainless steel tanks, and afterwards, the wine was racked into new French and American oak barrels, where malolactic fermentation and wine ageing for 15 months were carried out. Finally, the wine was stabilized prior to bottling.
TASTING NOTES: Dark red cherry colour. Red fruits and blue flowers aroma, with a hint of olives on a lactic notes and vanilla background. Voluptuous on the palate with noble and velvety tannins. Very persistent.
WINEMAKER’S IMPRESSIONS : The Rhône grape variety first travelled to Australia and has now settled down in the Somontano varietals garden to hold in the bottle the most authentic terroir in ENATE.
SERVICE: Served between 16-18 ºC it shows all its fragrance and complexity. As the wine was not subjected to tartaric filtration, it may show a natural sediment. Decant the wine gently to leave sediment behind without affecting the taste of the wine.
LABEL: Original artwork for ENATE by Manuel Rivera.
Enate and art – they almost rhyme which is, perhaps, no coincidence – come together at a lofty point: the desire to create. When it began in 1992, the winery decided that the pairing of winemaking and contemporary culture would be an essential feature of its character. It was a tricky challenge from a business point of view as well as from an artistic perspective, but it was an undisputed triumph and was copied by others. The concept was a winner: the excellence of an idea is obvious once someone – in this case Enate – has been brave enough to work it out. It was, in fact, a desire to create. In the same way as a winery is unthinkable without wine, Enate accepted art as the very essence of its identity. The two concepts begin together and mutually enrich one another. Human beings are, essentially, creators of one kind or another and we naturally love the pleasures of life. In 1992, Enate made a formal commitment to pairing the two concepts, contrasting the almost mathematical expertise of a winemaker with the unpredictability of artists inspired by winemaking. Today, Enate is both a winery and a museum. It is both a wine shop and an art gallery and its character has been formed in the excellence of both. Its barrels and walls sum up the great wines of Spain, inhabited by the genius of the great Spanish and international creators.
Las Moradas de San Martín - Contributing to the creation of a new Gredos. A passionate commitment to rediscovering the Garnacha traditionally grown in the San Martín de Valdeiglesias area, which we use as the raw material of all the red wines we produce and is the undisputed key to achieve the unique flavours of our wines. In our comitment to native grape varieties, we are also currently working on recovering the Albillo Real, a varitey that has been grown in this area traditionally, but is quite scarce nowadays.These varieties are used to create our organic, vegan wines.
LAUS - LAUS winery was founded in 2002. The winery is like an “island in Somontano”, surrounded by water, vineyards, flowers, sun, air... and life. LAUS comes from Latin and means “Praise, congratulations, consideration”. It is a name that perfectly reflects the spirit of this Somontano winery. The logo represents the earth in I Ching symbolism and represents our essence, the territory, the soil on which our vineyard stands.