Bodegas Olivares Monastrell “Altos de la Hoya” 2019

VARIETAL NOTES
92% Monastrell, 8% Garnacha

ORGANIC
Practicing

VINEYARD
Fruit is sourced from an 60 hectare vineyard of ungrafted vines many of which were planted in 1872. The vineyard is referred to as Finca Hoya de Santa Ana and this bottling comes from the best parcel and the highest point so they call it Altos de la Hoya…meaning the “highest from La Hoya”.

ORIENTATION
Located in the northern part of the appellation at close to 825 meters in elevation.

SOIL
Sand and chalk.

VITICULTURE
Bush trained vines. Functionally organic.

VINIFICATION
Traditional fermentation.

AGING
Aged in a combination of barrique and demi-muid. A few are new but most are 2nd and 3rd passage barrels from elite Burgundy producers.