Brand:  Poza Vella 2017. First vintage: 2015.

Appellation: Ribadavia; Ribeiro.

Grapes: Brancellao and Caiño Longo from plot Quinta Alto do Coto; Sousón, Carabuñeira, Ferrón and Merenzao from plot Quinta Costa do Beliño.

Vineyard:  zone of Ribeiro in Ribadavia village; 15 years old in  Espalier; Certified organic farming.

Exposure: faces to the east-west.

Soil: clayey texture and shaly origin to 400 meters of altitude.

2017 vintage: Winter was warm-rainy, early brudbreak; Continuous warm-rainy spring, early flowering; Dry summer but without extreme Tº optimal for a premature maturation and optimum quality; Harvest begins August 21, 2018

Vinification: Clusters selected by hand in the vineyards. Quickly transported to the winery in  15 kg crates. Foot-trodden with 100% whole-clusters in open old chestnut barrel  +-80 years . Alcoholic fermentation and part of the malolactic with the skins for 15 days with the subsequent pressing. Malolatic fermentation in used French oak barrels of 225L, without the use of any additional product, except SO2. Aging on its lees for 11 months until bottling. Bottling without clarification,without filtered and  with modest levels of SO2.

Bottled: August 7, 2018 (waning moon). Aging in bottle for 8 months.

                        Photo: Plot Quinta Alto do Coto                          Barrica Castaño (+-80 años)