K5 2016

Description

92 points Guía Peñin

Gold medal National Contest Monovino

Technical sheet:

Aging: 11 months on its lees in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature.

Varietal: 100% Hondarrabi Zuri.

Climate: 2016 was a warm vintage with medium rainfall, where the desired thermal contrasts were frequent in the production of white wines. The 2016 vintage can be described as the vintage of balance where ripening was slow but complete and we arrived in early October with a healthy climate favorable to picking excellent fruit.

Vineyard: 15 hectares of 100% Hondarribi-Zuri grape varietal planted on trellis framework at some 300m. above sea level.

Soil: Soil undulating topography formed by shale, laminated slate and granite.

Winemaking: Manual selection of the grapes, a cold pre-fermentation maceration period, and then fermentation in small stainless steel tanks with own yeasts.

Winemaker: Lauren Rosillo

Tasting notes

·Visual: Bright, crystal clear, with pale greenish yellow an lemony sparkle.

·Nose: Intense clear notes of fruit and minerals, with subtle hints of white flower and fruits like apple and winter pear, with a salted background that binds it to the Cantabrian.

·Palate: Its large volume in the mouth makes it a round and glyceric wine but with the fresh and Atlantic character of the txakolis. Its acidity makes it an ideal wine to store and enjoy with aging in the bottle for at least 10 years.