A clarete/rosé of whole-cluster Palomino Fino and Syrah aged under flor for just under one year.
Manual harvest of Palomino from the Miraflores estate in Sanlucar de Barrameda in the fourth week of August 2022. The must was pressed with whole clusters and once taken to the barrel without racking, it developed a veil of flor before starting the fermentation. The veil began the transformation of sugars and remained for four days before alcoholic fermentation began. Fermentation was slow and lasted about four weeks. Once the fermentation subsided, the veil developed again. The wine was kept in the Jerezana butt under the most powerful veil of the winery for ten months.
Manual harvest of Syrah from Pago Carrascal the third week of August 2022. The Syrah from this vineyard developed with very loose clusters and very small berries. Once in the winery, the grapes were trodden on foot without destemming and the must was kept on skins for three weeks under a gentle extraction regime due to the unusual skin-to-pulp ratio of 50% due to the drought. The must was pressed with a vertical press and racked without racking into two 'Taransaud' barrels filled to the touch. Instead of leaving a void in the barrels for the development of the veil, natural development was allowed after the void created by the slight evaporation of the wine. In short, the wine was not refilled, thus allowing a gradual vacuum that conditioned the veil to develop systematically. The wine was kept in the barrel for ten months under a lighter veil than that of the Palomino.
After both wines were aged under a veil, they were blended in tanks and 'La Femme d'Argent' was bottled with a light filtration of 5 microns.
'La Femme d'Argent', although it is a claret, is the first vino de pasto tinto under flor to hit the market in Jerez. The veil of flor in red wines, as well as in white wines, develops toasted, nutty characters and dries out the first fruit. Therefore, when contemplating the possibility of developing a red wine with a veil, Raul needed a red variety that was meaty, sapid and spicy to complement the organoleptic development of the flor veil. Which is why he opted for Syrah at the same time as Palomino.
'La Femme d'Argent' is an energetic claret, with a lot of tension and carrying a load of very powerful sugary notes like a classic 'fino'. Which are combined with bright red fruit, spices and black olives. On the nose and blindfold presents itself as a powerful fine wine, while on the palate it is an airy, crisp and lively red that carries a saline and mineral charge that we can find in few European wines.
Manual harvest of Palomino from the Miraflores estate in Sanlucar de Barrameda in the fourth week of August 2022. The must was pressed with whole clusters and once taken to the barrel without racking, it developed a veil of flor before starting the fermentation. The veil began the transformation of sugars and remained for four days before alcoholic fermentation began. Fermentation was slow and lasted about four weeks. Once the fermentation subsided, the veil developed again. The wine was kept in the Jerezana butt under the most powerful veil of the winery for ten months.
Manual harvest of Syrah from Pago Carrascal the third week of August 2022. The Syrah from this vineyard developed with very loose clusters and very small berries. Once in the winery, the grapes were trodden on foot without destemming and the must was kept on skins for three weeks under a gentle extraction regime due to the unusual skin-to-pulp ratio of 50% due to the drought. The must was pressed with a vertical press and racked without racking into two 'Taransaud' barrels filled to the touch. Instead of leaving a void in the barrels for the development of the veil, natural development was allowed after the void created by the slight evaporation of the wine. In short, the wine was not refilled, thus allowing a gradual vacuum that conditioned the veil to develop systematically. The wine was kept in the barrel for ten months under a lighter veil than that of the Palomino.
After both wines were aged under a veil, they were blended in tanks and 'La Femme d'Argent' was bottled with a light filtration of 5 microns.
'La Femme d'Argent', although it is a claret, is the first vino de pasto tinto under flor to hit the market in Jerez. The veil of flor in red wines, as well as in white wines, develops toasted, nutty characters and dries out the first fruit. Therefore, when contemplating the possibility of developing a red wine with a veil, Raul needed a red variety that was meaty, sapid and spicy to complement the organoleptic development of the flor veil. Which is why he opted for Syrah at the same time as Palomino.
'La Femme d'Argent' is an energetic claret, with a lot of tension and carrying a load of very powerful sugary notes like a classic 'fino'. Which are combined with bright red fruit, spices and black olives. On the nose and blindfold presents itself as a powerful fine wine, while on the palate it is an airy, crisp and lively red that carries a saline and mineral charge that we can find in few European wines.
