PRODUCER
Bodegas Tierra Savia
Cazalla de la Sierra / Sevilla/ España
WINE
Blanc de blancs, brut nature
Ancestral method
Ancestral method
GRAPES
50% Parrona & 50% Zamarilla
AGEING
6 months lees contact ageing plus 8 months bottle ageing / Total: 14 months
VINEYARD
0.70 ha / 650 m above sea level
90 years old / Dry-farmed / Gobelet-trained
90 years old / Dry-farmed / Gobelet-trained
SOILS
Clay loam / Red slate subsoil / Gentle northeastern slope
VITICULTURE
Organic, uncertified / 100% manual labour
HARVEST
Second fortnight of August / 100% hand-picked into 15-kg boxes
WINEMAKING
Minimum intervention.
Grapes chilled for 24 hours before pressing.
Rigorous selection by personnel, followed by destemming and a gentle crush in a vertical press.
Spontaneous cold fermentation interrupted by bottling at designated density then continued in-bottle for approx. 30 days.
6 months of additional lees contact ageing. Manually disgorged in February.
Aged in bottle for a further 8 months minimum.
Grapes chilled for 24 hours before pressing.
Rigorous selection by personnel, followed by destemming and a gentle crush in a vertical press.
Spontaneous cold fermentation interrupted by bottling at designated density then continued in-bottle for approx. 30 days.
6 months of additional lees contact ageing. Manually disgorged in February.
Aged in bottle for a further 8 months minimum.
TASTING NOTE
Lemon yellow in appearance. Aromatic ripeness on the nose hints at baked apples and quince. The bubbles invigorate, not overwhelm, carrying just the right lift through bitter hints to the finish.
TECHNICAL DATA
Approx. 11.5% ABV / TA 5.6 g / pH 3.22
PRESENTATION
Burgundy bottle / 75 cl
Natural cork with muselet
Laid down in boxes of 6 bottles.
Natural cork with muselet
Laid down in boxes of 6 bottles.
