Las Jaras Rosado 2021

Location

Herreros de Jamuz. León

Strains

Mencia, Prieto Picudo, and Alicante Bouschet.

Viticulture

Recovery of centenary and pre-phylloxera vines. Ecological viticulture.

Vintage features

Podríamos decir que uno de los momentos más importantes a destacar de esta añada ha sido el periodo estival y sus suaves temperaturas, permitiendo una maduración del racimo lenta y sin contratiempos. Sin embargo, durante las dos últimas semanas previas a la vendimia, hemos tenido algún episodio tormentoso con precipitaciones, obligándonos a prestar especial atención en el control de las posibles enfermedades y poder cosechar una uva sana, madura y que, cuando degustemos la uva, esté como nos gusta decir, crocante. Hay que tener en cuenta que, prácticamente la totalidad de nuestros viñedos tienen un porte rastrero, que ha sido el sistema de formación tradicional de la zona durante los últimos tres siglos. Este sistema, tiene una gran adaptación a nuestro clima. Sin embargo, en determinadas añadas, fundamentalmente aquellas en las que existen episodios lluviosos alternados con temperaturas muy agradables en las últimas semanas, puede existir un mayor riesgo de desarrollo de hongos, como es el caso de Botrytis cinerea. Otra cuestión clave en nuestros viñedos, es la mezcla de variedades plantadas que existe en cada una de nuestras parcelas. En esta añada en concreto, decidimos optar en vendimiar por sectores, cosechando aquellas parcelas y variedades más adelantadas y que podrían tener un mayor riesgo de ataque por hongo. Durante los primeros encubados de la añada, nos llevamos la grata sorpresa con que los parámetros de madurez que obteníamos de los mostos en depósito, eran superiores a los que obteníamos en los controles de madurez en campo. A veces el muestreo, conlleva en ocasiones una incertidumbre que nos puede sorprender muy positivamente en bodega.

Vineyard

Las Jaras is our Vino de Pueblo, named after the flower that dominates the landscape and comes from several plots located along the valley. It has a different profile, more gourmand, due to the fact that its vineyards are located in the south of the valley at a lower altitude, the soils are more clayey and with a higher percentage of Prieto Picudo. These plots are the most accessible and closest to the villages, which is why they were kept in better conditions and over the years, the "faltas" were planted with Prieto Picudo instead of the valley's more typical Mencia. The average age of the vineyard is around 70 years, there is still a very high percentage of very old vines and the last plantations were around 1970.

Winemaking

Harvested by hand in 15 kg crates and hand-selected in the vineyard. Pressing of the whole bunches after a brief maceration and vatting for decanting in the cold at night. Once the must is clean, it is fermented in a French oak barrel where it will remain for up to 6 months with its lees, with periodic battonage.

Tasting notes

Brillante y suave color piel de cebolla. Nariz con sutiles aromas a melocotón y cítricos. De entrada, dulce y golosa, en boca es fresco, y equilibrado. Final agradable con recuerdos a frambuesa y pastelería propios de la fermentación. Post-gusto ligeramente salino.

Production

1061 botellas.

Contiene sulfitos.

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Fountains of Silence X Chartier 2018

Location

Herreros de Jamuz. León

Strains

70% Las Quintas (Mencía, Alicante Bouschet, Prieto Picudo, Palomino and Doña Blanca), 20% Garnacha and 10% Prieto Picudo. Vineyard age between 50 and 100 years.

Viticulture

Recovery of centuries-old and pre-phylloxera strains. In the process of certification of organic vineyard.

Vintage features

The 2018 vintage was characterized by a rainy end to the winter, which allowed a green spring to begin, with a recharge of underground water reserves. The beginning of spring was fresh and with few rainy episodes, which allowed us to reduce the number of treatments in organic, and maintain an optimal health status until harvest. Later, temperatures gradually rose to normal levels, with some days of strong heat at the end of June, which did not last more than a week, so it did not affect the end of flowering. During the months of August and September, the days advanced with mild temperatures, with cool nights and great thermal jumps, being very beneficial for the ripeness of the grape. In these last months we also had no rainfall, with a dry end of ripening and healthy clusters, thick skin and very aromatic.

Vineyard

Las Quintas comes from our vineyards located in the northern moorland of the Jamuz Valley. The soils are very poor, mainly loamy-sandy. It is the area of greatest thermal contrast due to the altitude and exposure to the cold air currents of Mount Teleno and high sunshine, which gives us wines with a fruity aromatic profile and light tannins.

Winemaking

Harvest by hand in boxes of 15 Kg. Manual selection in the vineyard. Vatting box by box with 75% of whole bunches, in truncated cone-shaped French oak vats, adjusting the sulphur content to minimum doses in order to ferment with indigenous yeast. The maceration time is 40 days and after the alcoholic fermentation a soft pressing is carried out after which the wine is racked into 500 L barrels where it undergoes malolactic fermentation and is aged for 14 months.

Tasting notes

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Production

668 botellas.

Contiene sulfitos.

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La Gándara 2018

Location

Herreros de Jamuz. León. IGP Tierra de Castilla y León.

Strains

Mencia 87%, Alicante Bouschet 10% and Palomino 3%.

Viticulture

Recovery of centuries-old strains. In the process of certification of organic vineyard.

Vintage features

The 2018 vintage was characterized by a rainy end to the winter, which allowed us to start a green spring with a recharge of water reserves in the subsoil. The beginning of spring was cool and with few rainy spells, which allowed us to reduce the number of organic treatments to a minimum and maintain an optimal sanitary state until harvest. Subsequently, temperatures gradually rose to normal levels, with a few days of strong heat at the end of June, which did not last more than a week, so it did not affect the end of flowering. During the months of August and September, the days progressed with mild temperatures, with cool nights and large thermal jumps, being very beneficial for the ripening of the grapes. In these last months we also had no rainfall, with a dry end of ripening and healthy bunches, with thick skins and very aromatic.

Vineyard

La Gándara is the historic plot of Herreros de Jamuz. It is located on a small hill on the banks of the river. At its highest point, 830 metres above sea level, there is a plain of about 1.3 hectares of very old vines surrounded by a holm oak forest. The vineyard, with vines between 70 and 100 years old, mainly Mencía, is situated on red clay with a high iron oxide content.

Winemaking

Harvest by hand in 15 kg crates. Manual selection in the vineyard. Box by box vatting of the grapes without destemming, blending the Mencía, Alicante Bouschet and Palomino varieties in 500L open barrels of French and Austrian oak with minimum doses of sulphur to ferment with indigenous yeast. Maceration for 60 days and soft pressing. Aged for 14 months in 500L French and Austrian oak barrels.

Tasting notes

La Gándara is the darling of Fuentes del Silencio; the special characteristics and small production we obtain from this vineyard allow us to take our winemaking philosophy of experimentation and non-intervention to its highest expression. La Gándara is a wine that faithfully reflects its environment. On the nose, the aromas of wild flowers, rockroses and scrubland stand out, accompanied by exuberant red fruits. On the palate, it is fresh, balsamic and delicate. Long and persistent, it evokes the landscape from which it comes.

Production

1300 botellas.

Contiene sulfitos.

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VILLAFLÓREZ 2018

A work of art made into wine

Together with the Colombian artist Willy Ramos, Fuentes del Silencio brings Villaflórez 2018 to the market. 270 bottles in magnum format in which the genius of colour has intervened with his talent and sensitivity to give shape to this work of art, a bottle that hides an exceptional wine of prieto picudo, from the century-old plot of Viña Leonarda, named after the winegrower who looks after it.

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Mataperezosa 2018

Location

Herreros de Jamuz. León. IGP Tierra de Castilla y León.

Strains

Palomino and Doña Blanca

Viticulture

Recovery of centuries-old strains. In the process of certification of organic vineyards

Vintage features

The 2018 vintage was characterised by a rainy end to the winter leading to a green start to spring with the subsoil full of water reserves. Early spring was cool, with little rain, which made it possible to reduce the number of organic treatments as much as possible, keeping the vines in the best possible health until harvest. Later, temperatures gradually rose to normal levels, with a few really hot days in late June, although no more than a week of them, so the end of flowering was not affected.August moved on into September with mild temperatures, cool nights and big temperature swings, greatly helping the ripening of the grapes. In these last months we had no rain, so the end of ripening was dry, producing healthy, highly aromatic grapes with thick skins.

Vineyard

Mataperezosa is obtained from our old vineyards in the northern part of the Jamuz valley. They have very poor soil – basically sandy loam – accompanied by quartzite conglomerate and fragments of quartz and slate. There are great temperature contrasts in the area due to its high levels of sunlight and exposure to cold air currents from Monte Teleno. The vineyards are an average of 90 years old but we have no complete parcels of white grapes, just some vines mixed in with the red ones.

Winemaking

Harvest by hand in 15 kg boxes. Manual selection in the vineyard. Whole bunches are pressed and vatted to settle in the night-time cold. Once the must is clean, it ferments in French oak barrels where it remains for up to 12 months on its lees, with periodic batonnage.

Tasting notes

Straw yellow in colour with hints of gold. Aromas of white flowers, citrus fruit and aniseed. In the mouth it is light, fresh and vibrant with touches of citrus and pastry notes.

Production

1816 botellas.

Contiene sulfitos.

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Las Jaras 2019

Location

Herreros de Jamuz. León. IGP Tierra de Castilla y León.

Strains

Mencia, Prieto Picudo, and Alicante Bouschet.

Viticulture

Recovery of centuries-old and pre-phylloxera strains. In the process of certification of organic vineyard.

Vintage features

La añada 2019 se caracterizó por un final del invierno lluvioso lo que permitió comenzar una primavera verde y con una recarga de reservas hídricas del subsuelo. El inicio de la primavera fue fresco y con pocos episodios lluviosos, lo que nos permitió reducir al máximo el número de tratamientos en ecológico, y mantener un estado sanitario óptimo hasta la cosecha. Posteriormente, las temperaturas fueron ascendiendo gradualmente hasta niveles normales, con algún día de fuerte calor a finales de junio, que no duró más de una semana, por lo que no afectó al final de la floración. Durante los meses de agosto y septiembre, los días avanzaban con temperaturas suaves, con noches frescas y grandes saltos térmicos, siendo muy beneficioso para la madurez de la uva. En estos últimos meses además no tuvimos precipitaciones, con un final de maduración seco y con racimos sanos, de hollejo grueso y muy aromáticos.

Vineyard

Las Jaras is our Vino de Pueblo, a blend of selected plots along the Jamuz Valley. Its name is due to the flower that dominates the landscape, La Jara. It has a different profile from the rest, more greedy, for the location of their vineyards, south of the valley, at lower altitude, with more clayey soils and higher percentage of Prieto Picudo. These plots are the most accessible and closest to the villages, which is why they were kept in better condition over the years and the "faltas" were planted with Prieto Picudo instead of the Mencía, which was more typical of the valley. The average age of the vineyard is around 70 years, since, although the last plantations date back to 1970, there is still a very high percentage of very old vines

Winemaking

Hand-picked in 15 kg boxes and hand-selected in the vineyard. The boxes are poured into truncated cone shaped wooden vats made of French oak and the grapes are crushed by adding very little sulphur to allow spontaneous fermentation using the native yeasts. It macerates for 35 days and carries out the malolactic fermentation in oak vats and concrete tanks, where it rests for nine months.

Tasting notes

Deep ruby red colour and brilliant appearance. Intense and complex nose, with delicate aroma of black fruits, balsamic notes and memories of rockrose and scrubland. Sweet and greedy at first, it is pleasant and deep in the mouth. Its freshness and acidity stand out, as well as the pleasant synergy between spicy notes, cocoa and wild fruits.

Production

19465 botellas.

Contiene sulfitos.

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Las Quintas 2018

Location

Herreros de Jamuz. León. IGP Tierra de Castilla y León.

Strains

Mencia 85%, Alicante Bouschet 13%, Palomino 2%.

Viticulture

Recovery of centenary and pre-phylloxera vineyards, based on organic farming practices (currently in the process of organic vineyard certification of our plots).

Vintage features

The 2018 vintage was characterized by a rainy end to the winter, which allowed us to start a green spring with a recharge of water reserves in the subsoil. The beginning of spring was cool and with few rainy spells, which allowed us to reduce the number of organic treatments to a minimum and maintain an optimal sanitary state until harvest. Subsequently, temperatures gradually rose to normal levels, with a few days of strong heat at the end of June, which did not last more than a week, so it did not affect the end of flowering. During the months of August and September, the days progressed with mild temperatures, with cool nights and large thermal jumps, being very beneficial for the ripening of the grapes. In these last months we also had no rainfall, with a dry end of ripening and healthy bunches, with thick skins and very aromatic.

Vineyard

Las Quintas comes from our vineyards located in the northern moorland of the Jamuz Valley. The soils are very poor, mainly loamy-sandy. It is the area of greatest thermal contrast due to the altitude and exposure to the cold air currents of Mount Teleno and high sunshine, which gives us wines with a fruity aromatic profile and light tannins.

Winemaking

Harvest by hand in boxes of 15 Kg. Manual selection in the vineyard. Vatting box by box with 75% of whole bunches, in truncated cone-shaped French oak vats, adjusting the sulphur content to minimum doses in order to ferment with indigenous yeast. The maceration time is 40 days and after the alcoholic fermentation a soft pressing is carried out after which the wine is racked into 500 L barrels where it undergoes malolactic fermentation and is aged for 14 months.

Tasting notes

Very expressive and bright cherry red cherry colour. Intense red fruit aromas predominate, along with elegant and subtle toasted and balsamic notes, cut grass and juniper. The palate is delicate, with just the right amount of tannic concentration and freshness, with an unctuous passage and a slightly saline mineral background. The use of a low percentage of new oak allows for a balanced blend of fruity sensation with smoky and spicy flavours and a long, lingering finish.

Production

9963 botellas.

Contiene sulfitos.

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La Gándara 2016

Location

Herreros de Jamuz. León. IGP Tierra de Castilla y León.

Strains

Mencía 90%, Alicante Bouschet 9% and Palomino 1%

Viticulture

Recovery of centuries-old and pre-phylloxera strains. In the process of certification of organic vineyard.

Vintage features

The 2016 vintage was characterized by a winter end and an early spring, with abundant rainfall, restoring the soil water reserves. The end of spring, summer and early autumn stood out for the absence of precipitation and high temperatures. However, the good water reserves of the soil made it possible for the plant to have enough water to be able to carry out a correct flowering, a good enveration and decosting of shoots and finally a rapid and smooth maturation. Episodes of heat and no rainfall during the summer contributed to the old vines producing smaller and higher concentration clusters.

Vineyard

La Gándara is the historic plot of Herreros de Jamuz. It is a small hill on the banks of the river. At its highest level of 830 meters of altitude there is a plain of about 2 hectares of very old vineyards surrounded by a forest of holm oaks. The vineyard on reddish sand is mainly Mencía between 100 and 70 years old.

Winemaking

Harvest by hand in boxes of 15 Kg. Manual selection in the vineyard. Incubated box to box of the grapes without destemming mixing the varieties Mencía, Alicante Bouschet and Palomino in a tub of French oak wood conical with minimum doses of sulphur to ferment with native yeast. 60-day maceration and gentle pressing. Aged for 12 months in high volume French oak barrels.

Tasting notes

The Guidal is the pampered girl from Fountains of Silence; the special characteristics and small production that we obtain from this vineyard allow us to bring our philosophy of winemaking of experimentation and not intervention to its greatest expression. La Gándara is a wine that faithfully reflects its surroundings. Aromatically we find wild flowers and red fruits, in the mouth it is fresh, balsamic and delicate.

Production

2150 botellas.

Contiene sulfitos.

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