KVEVRI

The more than 100-year-old ungrafted vines grow in Blasconuño de Matacabras at an altitude of 786 metres, in alluvial soils of sand and gravel. The wine ferments spontaneously with indigenous yeasts, undergoes nine months of skin maceration under flor in a buried clay amphora and then matures in 600-litre botas made of Oloroso. It shows dried apricot, orange, herbs, honey and nuts; the body is powerful, the acidity medium to high, and the tannins pronounced and slightly drying. The distinctive feature is the ageing under flor and in Sherry wood.