Suerte Marques, Valle Orotava Ciruelo other_regions_italy floral and spice

floral and spice

The black and red fruits are ripe

with vines grafted on rootstock because Baron expected phylloxera to arrive eventually

pliant and energetic on the palate

Give it an hour or 2 in the decanter

Suerte Marques, Valle Orotava Ciruelo other_regions_italy floral and spiceThe 2018 El Ciruelo could very well be the finest vintage of this single vineyard bottling, from a plot on very poor soils that has very balanced vines that usually give the more complex and deeper wine from the winery. It's a north facing plot at 480 to 520 meters in altitude pruned in the cordn trenzado system unique to La Orotava. It fermented with 100% full clusters, no temperature control, indigenous yeasts and a 27 day maceration time. It