DENOMINATION OF ORIGIN
DOC Rioja
VINEYARD AREA:
Head-pruned tempranillos from our estate La Asperilla in Calvijo, together with tempranillos from Abalos y San Vicente in the Sonsierra and the garnachas from Cardenas in Alto Najerilla.
VINEYARD ALTITUDE:
Tall head-pruned vineyard between 560 and 700 metres of altitude over the sea level.
SOILS:
Calcareous silt of degrading origin from bedrock composed of calcareous sandstones for the Tempranillo soils in La Sonsierra. Colluvial origin clayey sand soils with a lot of limestone from accumulation by washing for the Tempranillo in Clavijo. Ferrous sands soils with a clay bottom for the Garnacha from Alto Najerilla.
VARIETIES
85% Tempranillo of clones adapted to the Sonsierra, 15% Garnacha from old vines from Alto Najerilla.
WINE CHARACTERISTICS:
Manual harvest, the Tempranillo is destemmed and the Garnacha is fermented with stems. The fermentation is carried out by indigenous yeasts where periodic punching and pumping over are carried out to delicately wet the hat. Light pressing and subsequent malolactic fermentation. After, the two varieties are assembled and aged together.
AGEING
12 months in French, American and Eastern oak barrels with a minimum of 15 months in the bottle.
“Proelio is a winery to keep an eye on under the new team in the vineyard and cellar.”
Tim Atkins
Wine tourism
Contact
Camino Nalda a Viguera,46, 26190, La Rioja
941 802 943 | Fax: 941 49 00 86
Monday to Thursday
9:00h. a 17:00h.
Friday: 09:00h. a 14:00h.