Costador - Joan Franquet - Presa Romana 1905 Macabeu - 2023 - 12% - vdm regio Conca de Barberà
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Winery Name: COSTADOR TERROIRS MEDITERRANIS
- Wine: MACABEU PRESA ROMANA 1905
- Vintage: 2023
- Appellation: No.
- Grape varietal: Macabeu 100 %
- Vine age: up of 80 to 110 years old.
- Soil composition: Many different soils like granitic, calcareous stone and clay. (Others).
- Vineyard site(s) harvested/hectares : 3 hectares.
- Altitude: 650 to 700 meters.
- Yield: around 3000 to 5000 kgs per hectare.
VITICULTURE
- Type: Organic
- Green harvesting : No.
- Details on biodiversity: Organic biodiversity in Mountain vineyards with pine trees, wild animals etc…
- Harvest date & methods : Manual in middle to end of September .
VINIFICATION
- Fruit Selection: Yes. On the harvest we do a very high fruit sorted and also on a table before the De-stemmed.
- Pre-fermentation cold soak & length of time: On refrigerated room , 2 days at 5 ºC before starting the fermentation.
- Type of fermentation vessel : Tinaja ( Clay amphorae ) of 300 to 2500 litres and stand steel tanks.
- Length of time of fermentation: Between 2 to 4 weeks.
- Temperature-controlled fermentation: Yes 18 º C
- Time on lees: all the aging.
- Stirring of lees & how often: yes. The first weeks every day. After every week.
- Natural Malolactic fermentation: Yes.
- Type of ageing vessel: In French oak barrels of several uses of 225 to 600 litters.
- Time aged in vessel: deepens on the year , between 5 to 7 months .
- The wine is not Filtered and never stabilized.
TECHNICALINFORMATION
- SO2 : Entering and all ageing without sulphites added .
Always in total are less 20 milligrams/lt. ( some times We can added a few when we are bottling) .
- Type of closure: Select Bio 100 Normacoc (polymer of sugar cane with zero carbon footprint , zero TCA and the same evolution for all
the wines)
- Quantity produced (Cases/Year): 500
- Alcohol percentage: 12.00
- PH: 3.30
- Total acidity: 5.50
- Volatile acidity: 0,6
- Residual sugar: <1