Weingut über:
Pico Ferreira
-- Weingut: Pico Ferreira is a parcel wine located in the place that lives up to its name. This wine, like the other wines of the line, wants to represent the place intervening as little as possible on it. Respecting the traditional methods of elaboration, where the use of scrapes, and not of pumps, defined the wine. A slate soil has given this wine a peculiar note, differentiating it from the rest; This is because each of the parcel wines comes from different locations and soils, giving each of them unique characteristics. After a dry 2022 throughout Spain, 2023 began with a very cold, rainy winter with strong winds, like those of our childhood. Frost and cold days lasted until spring, which advanced with warm days, threatening an early bud break. After a warm and rainy May, temperatures dropped again in June. Then came more rains and thunderstorms along with some very hot days. This weather made us especially vigilant to avoid the appearance of mildew. July and August were characterized by moderate temperatures. In September the grape harvest began, with plenty of grapes but not very large bunches. It was a vintage like the ones of yesterday; the rains made us harvest many days with waterproof suits. A year with a rainfall of almost 900 litres/m2 has given us wines with more fluidity, reminding us of the 2001 or 2021 vintages. Fresh, floral and more delicate wines than the previous vintage. Our elaboration begins with the grape harvest manually, leaving it to ferment in open containers with 30% whole grapes. The grapes are softly stepped on, so that one part remains whole in the fermentation, which is carried out spontaneously by the yeast itself without adding any other. The maceration was carried out during 21 days, in which the work consisted of sinking daily the cap a bit with his hands without breaking it. After the bleeding and pressing is done, we let it settle for 7 days. After this, it is put into barrels and left to stand for 1 year.
