VINTAGE 2017

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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Year

2017

PEÑÍN

PARKER

GOURMETS

PROENSA

100

CLIMATIC CYCLE

In the month of April, already with visible clusters, a great frost affected all the vineyards. There has been a total rainfall of 440 mm. The cycle has finished with low rainfall and high temperatures.

TECHNICAL DATA

Production area:

D.O.Ca.Rioja

Variety:

89% Tempranillo and 11% 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:

Very intense, enormous depth and almost impenetrable. Red flashes with icing tones are projected from the background.

Nose:

Very complex, formed by a thousand layers almost indecipherable, but all exciting. There is a light smoked veil, a slight aromatic smoke of the best oak and the finest spices. Blackness in fruits with redness glows. Wet land and rain on the earth. Ripe fruits return in full splendor.

A box with fresh spices, cocoa, tobacco and a landscape of violets in the background. Enigmatic: smoke, moist earth. Small black fruits and some red, even flowers.

Palate:

Voluminous, fresh, long, endless…

Red fruits with very fresh red sparkles. Amazing tannin in such a young wine. Intensity and delicacy, endless freshness, silky and alive, full and caressing. Cocoa is seasoned with a delicate black fruit liqueur and notes of pink pepper. Great vintage of Cirsion, undoubtedly among the best.

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