Winery: Casa Aurora.
Winemaking: Germán R. Blanco.
Viticulture: Germán R. Blanco.
Wine name: La Nave Casa Aurora.
Vintage: 2022
Vintage classification: Excellent.
Bottling: June 2023
Vineyards: Mercenary vines. Grapes bought to wine growers from the village organically cultivated under our supervision.
Altitude: 810-970 msmn
Location: Albares
Region: Bierzo
Soils: clay
Grape varieties: Mencía (85 %) y Garnacha Tintorera & Palomino
Vineyard age: 73 years old
Pruning: Traditional bush vines and trellises with double channels.
Irrigation: No
De-budding:Yes
Suckering: No
Topping: No
Leaf-plucking:No
Green harvesting: No
Harvesting: by hand (strict selection)
Harvest date: second & third week of September 2022
Grape selection: Yes, in the vineyard
Destalking : Yes
Crushing: No
Sulphur: Minimal dose at bottling
Tanks: open PVC tanks.
Pre-fermentation maceration: No
Fermentation with indigenous yeast with no other additives.
Fermentation temperature: 21°C. +/-
Pumping over / punching down: regular punching down
Malolactic fermentation: Yes, spontaneous at the end of the summer,100 % in barrels.
Ageing: 13 months in different containers ( french oak fudre , french oak used barrels, inox, flextank eggs)
Filtration: No
Clarifcation: No
Stabilization: No
Alcohol: 13% Vol.
Production: 6948. bottles 0,75l