Cuesta de las Liebres 2020

OUR WINES

The result of the effort

Only in singles vintages

The expression of a precise and pure vineyard. Made only in single vintages. Our viticulture takes on a challenge; a story of equality between man and nature. A radical wine, from the roots. Powerful and very persistent. An authentic wine.

Varieties: Tinto Fino (100%).
Alcohol by volume: 15%
Soils: Tertiary geology of limestone marl with outcrops of calcareous salts of a very characteristic whitish tone.
Altitude: 850 to 900 meters. Elevation difference of up to 35%.
Harvest: Manual, in 15 kg boxes.

A balanced year

After a 2019 with low rainfall, the 2020 vintage was characterized by a winter of abundant rainfall. The vineyard managed to conserve its water reserve, which allowed the vineyard’s vegetative cycle to develop with excellent balance and homogeneity. Spontaneous and sown ground covers were used to control vigor. General budbreak took place at the end of April, with no climatic or health incidents. As there was no interference in the development and evolution of the buds, very good yields were obtained in the vineyard, which were balanced thanks to the thinning technique. The grapes were harvested from the plot on September 16.

The power of a singular plot

The Cuesta de las Liebres vineyard sits on a slope with a gradient of more than 30%, full of rich biodiversity. 3.36 ha of tempranillo planted in 1993. The vines border on the upper part with a pine forest where various native species of flora and fauna coexist. The calcareous salts of whitish tone appear in a terroir of limestone marl. The red wine vines are trained by respectful pruning and protecting the sap flows in a vertical vase system. This system takes advantage of the slope to achieve the greatest homogeneity in the ripening process. A great place where the tempranillo shows its purest expression.

The character of a small stronghold

The Cuesta de las Liebres grapes were harvested by hand after an exhaustive monitoring during the ripening cycle and after a first selection in the vineyard. It was transported in small boxes to the winery, where it went through a cold chamber and a double selection table: after a first control of whole bunches, a second manual selection of berries was made after destemming. The must was moved by gravity and the alcoholic and malolactic fermentations were carried out in small wooden vats. To mark the personality of the terroir, the fermentations are carried out spontaneously, with absolute control of the grapes and must at every moment of the process. The wine was aged for 24 months in new 225-liter French oak barrels of extra fine grain. For greater protection, the wine contains sulfites. The 2020 vintage was bottled in the spring of 2023.