Showing posts with label Castellón Winery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Castellón Winery. Show all posts
Friday, October 19, 2012
Barón d’Alba Wineries and Vineyards
Barón d’Alba Wineries and Vineyards opened for business by planting
15 hectares of vineyards of Macabeo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Garnacha,
Merlot, Monastrell, Syrah and Tempranillo, with the idea of obtaining
from them the highest expression of quality and not of quantity. As
they were familiar with the exceptional quality of Les Useres area
grapes, they decided to build a winery in their own vineyard. This was
an idyllic spot called CLOS D’ ESGARRACORDES from which you can see an
extraordinary outlook of vineyards and a wide area of the region.
For this project we joined a group of professionals, who were involved in obtaining the best quality for our wines, sparing no effort and make sure that the whole process, involved in getting a great wine from the vineyard to the consumer, was achieved.
This is an exceptional vineyard of 15 hectares, located in L’Alcalaten
which is the lowest part of the Les Useres district. It lies at an
altitude of 200 meters and enjoys a suitable microclimate for the
production of high quality wines. The vineyard is planted by the street
system, on trellis with a double Royat cordon. We use a planting density
of 2600 vines per hectare and with a per plant production limited to a
maximum of 1.5 to 1.75 kg per vine, depending on variety, making a
closely monitoring of the growth cycle of the vine in order to obtain a
high quality fruit.
The ground is loamy with clay, as well as both sandy and rocky, with high calcium content. Therefore, we have a vineyard with the two main features associated with the quality of the renowned wine regions: stony and limestone lands.
From the standpoint of climate, this area is located a few kilometers from the Mediterranean Sea, but has a moderate influence, thereof to be protected by the mountains that divide it. Rainfall is approximately 450 litres per year, vineyard orientation, hours of sun and humidity are ideal for obtaining the best quality. This combination of factors which is difficult to find, explains the proven quality, harvest to harvest, of wines from our harvest.
The exterior of the winery is a fine stone building, that gives it
personality. Unique for its murals with pictorial representations
dedicated to the vintage. It is beautiful, as well as having stucco
walls throughout the interior of the winery. It is equipped with
processing deposits with up to 10,000 litres capacity each, equivalent
to 8,200 kilograms of grapes. All are equipped with modern cooling
system to control the fermentation temperatures, allowing us to heat or
cool warehouses in a much shorter time and to exercise a perfect control
over the fermentation.
The warehouse is composed of:
- 1 tank of 15,000 liters.
- 3 fermentation tanks of 10,000 litres of stainless steel.
- 3 fermentation tanks of 5,000 litres.
- 4 fermentation tanks of 3,000 litres.
- 1 cask of 6,000 litres oak.
Besides, there we can find devatting and peak tanks with a capacity of 72,000 litres.
- 1 tank of 15,000 liters.
- 3 fermentation tanks of 10,000 litres of stainless steel.
- 3 fermentation tanks of 5,000 litres.
- 4 fermentation tanks of 3,000 litres.
- 1 cask of 6,000 litres oak.
Besides, there we can find devatting and peak tanks with a capacity of 72,000 litres.
The barrel room is excavated below ground and it is equipped with an air conditioning system that allows not only ventilating the warehouse, but also allows controlling the temperature and moisture at desired levels.
The arches that support the barrel room together with careful lighting create a unique atmosphere, where lie French oak barrels for aging wine.
It is equipped with the same air-conditioning as the barrel room. It has a capacity of 70 crates of bottles. In this warehouse the wine completes his ripening process fully before its release.
Fermentation takes place at a controlled temperature and long maceration, applying cutting-edge winemaking techniques.The malolactic fermentation takes place in oak tubs, prior to its aging in French and American oak barrels.The barrel ageing room it is perfect for ventilation, humidity and
temperature, where the wine remains in barrels until its optimal stage
of ripening, being not less than 14 months.
Once the blending of our wines is fulfilled, it is bottled, where it will continue with its ripening in a bottle for a minimum of eight months. This is in order to guarantee the consumer a wine in which we have placed the utmost care, at all stages, in order to obtain a wine of great quality.
Once the blending of our wines is fulfilled, it is bottled, where it will continue with its ripening in a bottle for a minimum of eight months. This is in order to guarantee the consumer a wine in which we have placed the utmost care, at all stages, in order to obtain a wine of great quality.
Bodegas y Viñedos Barón d'Alba S.L.
Clos d'Esgarracordes, partida Vilar la Call 10
12118 Les Useres (Castellón) España
+ 34 964 767 306 - +34 608 032 884 - info@barondalba.com
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
El Rosso winery, wine spirit
In the previous post said that our trip to l'Alcalatén area in the province of Castellon, was quite helpful, because we found some wine over which the VT Castellón on its website showed.
Located in the village of La Barona, in the municipality of the Vall d'Alba, we find this wine cellar, small but unique, and almost without trying we were inside the building which houses the warehouse and shipping of wines. El Rosso is a project of a local family, prepares traditional olive oil of high quality, with the help of Eloy, an experienced winemaker from Requena, have materialized a couple of wines of high quality and very promising.
This winery does not belong to the association VT Castellón, so their wines are labeled as Vino de Mesa, though I think wine should be labeled as Vino de Pago. 'Esperit' is the brand of wine to be found in this elaborate, a red and white wines that show the spirit of a 'terroir' and an important work from the vine to the bottle.
Both the red and white have the same brand 'esperit', a bottle with a very attractive design and more than satisfactory organoleptic properties. Maybe in the marketing, their owners still have to work longer, give a little image to the tasting area, wearing glasses more expressive and emphasize more on the commercial side, because the wine and its price and have half the business travel undertaken.
The 'esperit' red wine is a varietal Syrah, a ripe cherry color, with aromas of cocoa and roasted, a bit of graphite, which is showing subtly agitated glass 4 months of first-year French oak barrels where it matured . The palate is quite fat and unctuous, sweet tannin and a very long journey. A wine made with grapes mature enough reflecting its sweetness on the palate and high degree (14.5 degrees).
The white variety, Macabeo, is a wine that has spent three months in new barrels to win in complex aromas. In the light has a yellow color with golden hues and nose shows notes of citrus and apples, taste is nice and fat, appearing in retronasal aromas of pineapple and banana. A good choice for white meats and fish.
The truth is that for me was a surprise to find this store to have some excellent wines and spend some time chatting with the owners and winemaker, who was at that time on it.
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