The grapes for this wine come from Finca La Nieta, 1.75 Ha (5.32 acres), in Paganos-Laguardia, Rioja Alavesa. The soils are clay-limestone. The vineyard was planted in 1975 with high density plantings on trellis and yields 23 Hl/ Ha. (200 gal/acre), and is organic fertilized every 2 years. Exhaustive hand-selection and harvested in boxes, from October 17th, 2006, choosing only perfectly healthy, ripe grapes with additional selection made in the winery using a sorting table.
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