THIS WINE IS A NEW PROJECT OF RAFAEL CAÑIZARES, WHO WANTS TO PAY HOMAGE TO HIS GENERATION
APPELLATION: D. O. Alicante
GRAPE VARIETAL: Garnacha
VITICULTURE: Traditional dry farmed viticulture. Goblet trained vines. Cultivated completely by hand, with minimal human intervention. Harvested by hand.
ALTITUDE: 2100-2450ft.
SOILS: The soil is dry and shallow, and is primarily composed of limestone, which is the mother rock. The soil is intermixed with large chunks of pure chalk. The largest marble quarry in Europe is located near our vineyards, testament to the chalky quality of the soils. Marble is the product of chalk, or calcium carbonate, that has been compressed over a very long period of time.
CLIMATE: Continental, with some Mediterranean influence. A very unique microclimate that is the result of the convergence of the three previously mentioned mountain ranges, combined with the high altitudes, that are unique to this sub-region of Alicante.
HARVEST: Beginning of October
WINEMAKING: The wine undergoes malolactic fermentation in barrel and it is aged in new French oak
barrels for 14 months. Quinta del 67 is unfiltered bottled in the estate.
AGING: 14 months in new French oak barrels
WINEMAKER: Rafael Cañizares
UPC#: 843655572849
750ml / 12pk