Palmeri Navalta 2016

WINERY: Palmeri Sicilia D.O.: Campo de Borja AREA: Tabuenca COUNTRY: Spain YEAR: 2016 VARIETY: 100% Grenache BREEDING: 12 months in 4500 liters French oak barrels and then 12 months in 225 liters French and American oak barrels BOTTLE BREEDING: 12 months in warehouse before release to the market GRADUATION: 16% PRESENTATION: Bordeaux bottle of 75 cl Due to the characteristics of the 2016 season, with a dry summer and a mild autumn, an excellent grape with very good maturation was produced. VINEYARD It contains nine hectares of goblet vineyards, up to 60 years old, located in the Sierra de Tabuenca, on several parcels of land between 600 and 700 meters above sea level, where the grapes are in excellent health and ripen well thanks to the climate, good sunshine and the passage of the Cierzo, this omnipresent north wind. WINERY Palmeri Sicilia is situated in Tabuenca, 80 km west of Zaragoza. This is a family winery, operated by David Cuartero accompanied by his brothers Eduardo and Rafael. It is called Palmeri Sicilia, a reference to the winery where David worked as an oenologist, "Tenuta Palmeri", located on the Italian island of Sicily. Palmeri Navalta, named in honor of the Sierra de Tabuenca "Nava Alta" region, is a structured wine that is properly matured so as not to disguise the true character of the local Grenache variety. ELABORATION The harvest is carried out from mid-October, manually and by selection, in 15 kg boxes. The grapes undergo a controlled pre-fermentative cold maceration, for a greater extraction of aromas and color. This process, together with the alcoholic fermentation, lasted approximately one month. The alcoholic fermentation is carried out in large French oak vats, where the malolactic fermentation is also done, and then it is matured in French and American oak barrels of 225 liters for another 12 months.