Victor Ausejo Viticultor

MICROPROYECTO DE VINOS ARTESANALES (D.O.CA. RIOJA)

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Victor Ausejo Viticultor

MICROPROJECT OF ARTISAN WINESin the iregua valley

(D.O.CA. RIOJA)

VICTOR AUSEJO MAZUELO

VINTAGE 2022

 

VINEYARD

Grapes from ‘La Colorada’, located in Alberite. 30 year old vines in ‘espaldera’. Ferrous clay soil. East – West orientation.

Sustainable viticulture, minimally invasive. Organic fertilizer, no herbicides or systemic products are used. Minimum tillage of the soil.

GRAPE

100% Mazuelo

WINEMAKING

Manual harvest in 15 kg boxes on September 30th. Manual selection of the bunches in the winery. de-stemmed. Cold macerated for 3 days and fermented in stainless steel vats for 12 days with two punches a day. Malolactic fermentation and aging for 12 months in 400-litre French barrels and 225-litre Hungarian barrels.

1.408 numbered bottles.

14% vol.

pH: 3.3 – Acidity: 6.8 g/l – Reducing sugar: 1.8 g/l