Wine & Soul Pintas
Wine Description
All grapes are carefully selected and foot trodden in granite lagares during the maceration and fermentation process. The wine is then aged for 18 months in 70% new and 30% second passage French oak barriques.
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard name
The Pintas vineyard
Vineyard size
8 acres
Soil composition
Schist
Training method
Bush
Elevation:
990 feet
Vines/acre:
2,400
Yield/acre:
1.2 tons
Exposure:
Southern
Year vineyard planted:
1930
Harvest time:
September
First vintage of this wine:
2001
Bottles produced of this wine:
5,000
Winemaking & Aging
Maceration length:
12
Varietal composition:
A blend of over 30 different indigenous grape varieties
Fermentation container:
Granite lagares
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
12 days
Fermentation temperature:
75 °F
Maceration technique:
Foot-trodden
Type of aging container:
Barriques
Size of aging container:
225 L
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
18 months
Age of Aging Container:
New-One year
Analytical Data
pH level:
3.8
Acidity:
5.1 g/L
Alcohol:
15 %
Dry extract:
35 g/L
Residual sugar:
3.5 g/L
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