Vega Sicilia Pintia (750ml)

Vega Sicilia has 110ha in the Toro appellation ; 72% of the vines are on their own rootstocks (a feature of Toro’s phylloxera-resistant soils). Pintia is a reinterpretation of the Vega Sicilia culture; innovative and at the head of a new generation of Toro wines. 

A cold winter gave way to a warm spring, which caused budburst to occur 15 days early.  The severe frosts at the end of April caused minimal damage to the Pintia vineyards despite the earlier budburst. The summer began with a very hot June, continuing through the season, meaning harvest took place 10 days earlier than in any of the previous 10 years.

As is the case of all TEMPOS Vega Sicilia wines, the harvest is by hand with the fruit being placed in 12-kg boxes and grapes, once in the winery, they are left in a cold chamber for 12 hours in order to preserve their fruit intensity.  Along with the selection on the wine, a double sorting is carried out in the winery.  A cold maceration is carried out for 5 days prior to fermentation.  Some winemaking changes for the 2017 with the intention of making a more elegant Pintia included reducing the new American oak barrel percentage slightly and malolactic fermentation was in a combination of oak barrels and some stainless steel.  Malolactic fermentation is carried out in 90% wood and the wine ages in 75% French oak and 25% American oak for 12 months.