White

Envidiacochina – Tête de Cuvée

Albariño

Genuine, handcrafted Albariño, perfectly harmonious in its elegance and breadth.

Appellation	DO Rías Baixas
ABV	13.0%
Vinification	Spontaneously fermented, without malolactic fermentation, and aged for an extended period on its lees. After hand-picking the grape bunches in the vineyard and subsequent selection at the winery, they macerate for 48 hours. A starter culture is prepared several days prior to the harvest to aid spontaneous fermentation with its own native yeasts, a very long fermentation process carried out at low temperatures. After fermentation, from the must of the plots destined for Envidiacochina, the top portion of the vats are selected from that vintage with the highest fruit intensity (Tête de Cuvée).
Élevage	Aged on the fine lees for 6 months (with weekly bâtonnage for the first 3 months and monthly for the following 3). The final blend is the result of combining it with 15% of the previous vintage destined for Flor de Carme (which, until then, had been aging on its fine lees with bâtonnage for 15 months). It then undergoes 6 months of bottle aging. Bottling on a Flower Day.
Vineyard Soil	Sandy loam soil and southern exposure
Harvest	Hand-picked
Average Vine Age	40 years old
Tasting Notes	Straw, light golden yellow with glints of green, neat, and shiny. Nose of candied citrus, nectarines, peaches, white flowers, and mineral notes. Elegant taste with ripe fruits, balsamic from lees, licorice, and fennel.
Serving Temp	10-11 °C