Ostatu Crianza 2021

Sensible wines

Perfect balance and renewal. A crianza with body and character that is made from Tempranillo, Graciano, Mazuelo and Garnacha grapes which came from vineyards of 35 years old. A faithful reflection of the spicy character of the tempranillo in Samaniego.

Vintage: 2021
Vintage Classification: very good
Bottled: May 2023
Production: 87.770 75cl. / 1.509 magnum 150cl./ 1.985 50cl.

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Tasting Notes

Deep cherry red with purple highlights. It brings us a very fruity nose (ripened black and red fruit)
with freshness and memories of balsamic notes, spices and some toasted signs, rounding its expression.
On the palate is juicy, firm, elegant and fresh, leaving us the fruity and pleasant sensation of a balanced body where notes of blackberry, cherry, red and black plums and a touch of liquorice appear.
Memories of nuts, woodwork and very light toasted signs.

Vineyards and viticulture

The grapes come from our vineyards located in Samaniego, at an average altitude of 580m above the sea level
Poor calcareous/clay and stony soils, ochre coloured.
The subsoil is made up of various layers of white rock.
Wine-maker & vineyard management: Sáenz de Samaniego Family
90% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano, Mazuelo and Garnacha.
Vineyards between 25 and 50 years old.
Plantation density: 3.000 vines/hectare.
Goblet and double cord pruning.
Production: 5.274 kg/hectare
Hand harvested between 5^th and 15^rd October.

Wine-Making

Pre-fermentation cold maceration.
Alcoholic fermentation in small capacity vats for 12 days at a maximum temperature of 26°C.
For this wine we use the whole grapes carbonic maceration and a part of destemmed grapes.
Malolactic fermentation in stainless steel vats.
12 months cask ageing.
This wine does not undergo any stabilisation process. It has a soft filtering process just before the bottling.