Cuesta de las Liebres 2021

OUR WINES

The result of the effort

Only in singles vintages

The expression of a precise and pure vineyard. Made only in single vintages. Our viticulture takes on a challenge; a story of equality between man and nature. A radical wine, from the roots. Powerful and very persistent. An authentic wine.

Varieties: Tinto Fino (100%).
Alcohol by volume: 15%
Soils: Tertiary geology of limestone marl with outcrops of calcareous salts of a very characteristic whitish tone.
Altitude: 850 to 900 meters. Elevation difference of up to 35%.
Harvest: Manual, in 15 kg boxes.

Great vintage

The 2021 vintage was characterized by a winter characterized by high rainfall, which favored the vegetative balance of the vineyard, developing homogeneously. The vineyard was worked with spontaneous and sown plant covers, which helped to control the vigor of the vines. Budbreak took place at the end of April without any climatic or sanitary incidents. The vines did not encounter any interference in the development and evolution of the buds, which resulted in very good yields that were balanced thanks to the thinning technique. The Cuesta de las Liebres plot was harvested on September 24, 2021.

A singular plot

The Cuesta de las Liebres vineyard sits on a slope with a gradient of over 30%, full of rich biodiversity. There are 3.19 ha of tinto fino planted in 1994. The vines border on the upper part with a pine forest in which various native species of flora and fauna coexist. The whitish calcareous salts are visible in a terroir of limestone marl. The vines are trained by respectful pruning and protecting the sap flows in a vertical vase system. This system takes advantage of the slope to achieve the greatest homogeneity in the ripening process. A great place where the red wine shows its purest expression.

The character of a small stronghold

The Cuesta de las Liebres grapes were harvested by hand after an exhaustive monitoring during the ripening cycle and after a first selection in the vineyard. It was transported in small boxes to the winery, where it went through a cold chamber and double selection table: after a first control of whole bunches, a second manual selection of berries was made after destemming. The must was moved by gravity and the alcoholic and malolactic fermentations were carried out in small wooden vats. To mark the personality of the terroir, the fermentations are carried out spontaneously, with absolute control of the grapes and must at every moment of the process. The wine was aged for 24 months in new 225-liter French oak barrels of extra fine grain. For greater protection, the wine contains sulfites. The 2021 vintage was bottled in the spring of 2024.