fatty cheeses

Characteristics of the harvest: Year rated as EXCELLENT by the Rioja Regulatory Council. The absence of frost in spring and the good environmental conditions that were conducive to the fertilization and the ripening of the grapes and offset the harmful effects of pests that attack the buds at the time of bud break and bud burst–, made to produce an abundant harvest. Despite suffering a summer unstable and stormy, this large quantity of harvest achieved high levels of quality thanks to the optimal climatic conditions of a month of October, bright and fresh, that enabled us to carry out the work of vintage and convenient way to staggered, encubando each of the varieties in their point of seasoning, mature and balanced without putting in danger at any time, the perfect sanitary state of the grapes. The work of grape harvest began on the Viña tondonia estate of the day 11 October.Aging in oak barrels: 6 years old, subject to 2 rackings per year. Clarified with whites of fresh eggs.Limited production: 35.000 bottles.Pairing: cooked fish, fried or grilled, spicy. Seafood cooked a la plancha. White meats with sauces consistent.