D.O.: Vi de la Terra de Mallorca

Grape varieties: 100% Mantonegro

Alcoholic degree: 14.5%

Shelf life in years: 6-8

Production: 1.300 bottles 0.75 L

 

With this wine we intend to show the great potential of the oldest vines of the native Mantonegro variety. Made only in years of exceptional harvests. The deep roots of the vines planted in 1961 give the wine the characteristic terroir of the vineyards of Santa María del Camí and offer a complex, mature and elegant wine, with a great fruit expression. With this wine we want to demonstrate that Mantonegro has nothing to envy to other international varieties and that it can do battle with anyone.

 

WINEMAKING

Manual harvest in the vineyard.  Selection on the table, bunch by bunch, where only the best bunches are accepted.  Afterwards, the grapes are fermented at temperatures between 25 and 28º for about 35 days in order to extract the maximum expression of the grape. Aging takes place in two 500 litre French oak barrels for 12 months, followed by  a further 3 months in the bottle.

 

TASTING NOTES

Color: Picota cherry red with a garnet rim.

Aroma: Ripe red and black fruit.  Notes of cocoa and liquorice, toasted aromas from a new oak barrel.

Taste: Very fine, complex, suggestive and broad entry in the mouth.  Consistent and friendly, medium-high body, with nerve.  This wine is powerful, expressive and long.

Pairing: Grilled meats, game meats, delicate stews, cured cheeses, Iberian ham. Perfect with high purity cocoa chocolate.