Wine & Soul

Pintas

Other Red Grape or Blend

Wine & Soul

Pintas

Other Red Grape or Blend

All grapes are carefully selected and foot trodden in granite lagares during the maceration and fermentation process. The wine is then aged for 20 months in 70% new and 30% second passage French oak barriques.

Tasting Notes

Full-bodied and deep, with spicy and floral aromas and flavors of blackberry and dark chocolate. Ripe, round and balanced with notable acidity, fine tannins and a long, persistent finish.

All grapes are carefully selected and foot trodden in granite lagares during the maceration and fermentation process. The wine is then aged for 20 months in 70% new and 30% second passage French oak barriques.

Tasting Notes

Full-bodied and deep, with spicy and floral aromas and flavors of blackberry and dark chocolate. Ripe, round and balanced with notable acidity, fine tannins and a long, persistent finish.

Sustainable Practices

Vineyard & Production Info

Vineyard name:
The Pintas vineyard
Vineyard size:
5 acres
Soil composition:
Schist
Training method:
Bush
Elevation:
990 feet
Vines/acre:
2,400
Yield/acre:
1.2 tons
Exposure:
South
Year vineyard planted:
1930
Harvest time:
September
First vintage of this wine:
2001
Bottles produced of this wine:
5,500

Winemaking & Aging

Maceration length:
12
Varietal composition:
A blend of over 30 different indigenous grape varieties
Fermentation container:
Granite lagares
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
12 days
Fermentation temperature:
75 °F
Maceration technique:
Foot trodding
Type of aging container:
Barriques
Size of aging container:
225 L
Type of oak:
French oak
Length of aging before bottling:
20 months
Age of Aging Container:
70% new and 30% second passage

Analytical Data

pH level:
3.8
Acidity:
5.5 g/L
Alcohol:
14.5 %
Dry extract:
34.4 g/L
Residual sugar:
3.5 g/L