Enrique Mendoza Las Quebradas

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Wine Description

When the ground was "broken" (or "quebrada" in Spanish) at the Las Quebradas vineyard, this 100% Monastrell was born. Fermented in open-top wooden tanks and aged in 500 L Allier oak barrels for 18 months followed by two years of refinement in the bottle.

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Acclaim
“I also tasted the 2015 Las Quebradas, where they have never used herbicides or insecticides and it's organically farmed. It was a very good year, with very healthy grapes. It is a little more austere, a little closed, but will be a beautiful wine. It’s a slightly cooler year, and it produced a wine for the long haul. The tannins are fine-grained, a little chalky, with some rusticity showing the character of the Monastrell grape as well as the Mediterranean character, and especially the limestone-rich soils where the grapes are grown. Mediterranean finesse.”
— Wine Advocate, Dec 2017
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard name
Las Quebradas
Vineyard size
24 acres
Soil composition
Stony
Elevation:
1,968 feet
Vines/acre:
2,750
Yield/acre:
440 tons
Exposure:
Northern / Southern
Year vineyard planted:
1940
Harvest time:
October
First vintage of this wine:
2010
Bottles produced of this wine:
3,000
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Winemaking & Aging
Maceration length:
15
Varietal composition:
100% Monastrell
Fermentation container:
Open Barrels
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
7 days
Fermentation temperature:
82 °F
Maceration technique:
Manual battonage
Malolactic fermentation:
Yes
Type of aging container:
Barrels
Size of aging container:
500 L
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
15 months
Age of Aging Container:
New
Length of bottle aging:
2 years
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Analytical Data
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