Wine Cirsion

CIRSION

Wine from selected bunches where the grapes have matured exceptionally.

In 1995 we discovered that some vines produced grapes whose flavor was very different to the one of the vines around them. They produced a sensation of fullness, of volume, with notes that were more alike to a wine than to a grape. Two years later, we made our first CIRSION, which we did not commercialize, and we tested that with a short aging, the wine reached a level of incredible silkiness and a fruit complexity out of the ordinary. Each vintage we walk through the vineyards looking for this curious natural peculiarity, and that’s how, one in a thousand, the CIRSION grapes are picked.

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2020

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Year

2020

PROENSA

GOURMETS

TIM ATKIN

PARKER

CLIMATIC CYCLE

2020 was a humid vintage in which it rained 635 mm. in the village of Haro. Winter was sufficiently warm, although marked by unpleasant fogs. Spring was mild and very rainy. Around 200 mm. of rain were gathered between March and April. Bud break happened ahead of time. May was less humid with high temperatures. Flowering was advanced for 15 days.

The first half of June was cold and humid with very low minimum temperatures (below 10ºC). Clusters had a severe Downy Mildew attack (that didn’t produce stains on leaves), that affected entire areas with important crop losses. On June the 12th the D.O. Ca limited for the first time the yields to 90% because of COVID-19.

Intermittent rains continued and Mildew got extended. July was cool at the beginning with high temperatures at its end. Veraison began on July the 20th, more than two weeks in advance. Ripening was excellent, the weather helped. Wines have a very good quality, good concentration, fine tannins, showing up its delicacy at an early stage and are fresh.

TECHNICAL DATA

Production area:

D.O.Ca.Rioja

Variety:

88% Tempranillo and 12% Graciano

Vineyards:

Selected bunches from different plots. Applied methods from own research and development on polymerisation of tannins and anthovyanins

Age of the vineyards:

Old bush vines

Harvest:

Hand-picked in 16 kg crates and hand sorted at the winery

Fermentation:

In French oak vats, with temperature controlled. Malolactic fermentation in French oak barrels.

Aging:

8 months in 100% brand new French oak barrels

Stabilisation:

Natural methods

Clarification:

Lyophilized egg white

Alcohol content:

14,5% Vol.

Packaging:

Carton cases of 3 bottles (single bottles in wooden cases)

Formats:

Bottles of 75cl, 1,5l, 3l and 6l.

TASTING

Colour:

It is very intense, with a deep cherry background and dark red rim.

Nose:

It is very intense, full of black and red berries, with notes of wet earth, cocoa, chocolate… An endless nose that faithfully represents what we call CIRSION CHARACTER. In the middle of the nose, floral notes of fresh violets appear and the enormous depth of the wine is felt. The sensation of minerality arrive and the freshness of the rain remains when it is arriving mixed with a wide range of fruit.

Palate:

Intense, voluminous and fresh at the same time. It fills the palate with fullness and you feel the lightness of an aerial wine. This difficult conjunction is one of the identity signs of CIRSION. The 2020 vintage is lighter and fresher than 2019, marking the characteristics of a very rainy year, 635 mm. The black fruits turn red, among a set of sensations of cocoa, autumn earth and limestone subsoil with a common thread of freshness. A true luxury for the palate that can now be enjoyed and has a lot of life ahead of it.

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