Producers
Argentina
Italy
Spain

Direct Olive Oil
About Us
Contact Us
Community Programs

 
 
Go Back Go Back Printer Friendly    
WINE PROFILE

BODEGAS JORGE ORDONEZ & CO.
Esencia de Almachar 2005

divider

95 POINTS - ROBERT PARKER'S THE WINE ADVOCATE      [Read More]

divider

To produce 400 litres of wine we used 4,000 Kgs of dry grapes and 1,000 Kgs of raisins, therefore 12.5 Kg are needed to produce 1 litre of wine. In reality we use way more harvested grapes because the ones used are already dried when weighted. - Selection of the grapes: We make first an extreme selection of the oldest vines in Finca Lamula. This Finca is located in Almachar in the Mountains of Axarquia (Málaga), at between 200-600 m altitude. Vineyards in this Finca are grown with organic viticulture techniques, and all the work is done manually, being these vineyards inaccessible for machinery. Soil is poor, composed mainly by slate. Climate is dry and smoothed by the influence of the near Mediterranean Sea (average annual rainfall is 560 l/m2). The second selection of grapes comes in the Finca, after the harvest which, due to the steepness of these hills, is manual, made only with the help of a mule. The third selection comes in the cellar, on the selection table, before pressing. - We press around 4000 kg of the driest, most “pasificadas”, and hence, with the highest sugar concentration, from the oldest vines of Finca Lamula. The process of drying is completely natural: we lay the bunches of grapes arranged in one layer in special cases under the roof of the farm in Finca Lamula; they get dried with the warm summer breeze of the Axarquia coming through open windows (temperature outside during daytime may rises up to 40º). From these grapes we obtain about 900-950 l of must. - After this, we crush 1000 kg of selected raisins produced in the same farm, which are then macerated in small tanks together with the must for 24 h.


OVERVIEW

REGION: Andalusia
divider
APPELLATION: Malaga DO
divider
FERMENTATION: fermented in French oak barrels with autochthonous yeast prepared in our winery. Due to the high concentration of this wine, the fermentation is extremely slow and must be activated with frequent batonage.
divider
PRODUCTION: 160 cases of 6 bottles total production
divider
COLOR / TYPE: White Sweet Still
divider
VARIETIES: 100% Moscatel
divider
MATURATION: After 24 months in the barrel we get a partial fermentation of this must that conveys in a unique way the real essence of flavours and aromas of the village of Almachar, famous since long for its delicious raisins.
divider
  PHONE
303.547.6343

FAX
303.383.1303

GIULIANA IMPORTS
2253 Edgewood Drive
Boulder, CO 80304

  follow us on twitter
  join us on facebook
 
  About Us | Contact Us
Copyright 2024 Giuliana Imports. All rights reserved.