San Gonzalo Tinto Barrica

• Alcoholic strength: 12,5 % vol.
• Location: P.D.O. Islas Canarias.
• Grapes varieties:           
  • 35 % Listán Negro
  • 15% Tintilla
  • 15% Castellana
  • 35% Vijariego Negro

• Harvest date: Whole month of September to middle of October.
• Serving temperature: 18 ºC.
• Food matching: Perfect with meat dishes, spicy cheeses, meats and first courses of all kinds.
• Tasting notes:
  San Gonzalo Tinto Barrica is a ruby red color wine with violet hues. It’s  clear and bright. It’s aged for 6 months in American oak barrels. Aromas of red and ripe fruit immediately stand out in the mouth. San Gonzalo Tinto Barrica’s intense flavor is ample, soft and tasty, with delicate and balanced tannins. Broad and blunt, it leaves a long and lasting fruity aftertaste.
  The nose has a medium to high depth, dominated by complex aromas of red fruit, mild, non predominant barricade aging flavor, together with a typical minerality of native varieties. San Gonzalo Tinto Barrica is a wine that should be consumed in the medium term.

Analytical data sheet:

• Residual sugars:  0,3 gr/l
• Total acidity: 4,79 gr/l
• pH: 3,48
• Volatile acidity:  0,80 gr/l
• Total amount of sulfur: 37 mg/l

Production method: Once grapes have been destemmed, the resulting grapes are incubated in self-emptying tanks of stainless steel. Maceration at 27 degrees lasts for six or seven days with continuous, daily pumping over, to achieve the best color and best aromas. After racking and cleaning, wine is left to rest in stainless steel tanks until the last treatments take place. Once stabilized against tartaric precipitation, wine is aged in American oak barrels for 6 months. After decantation and filtration took place, it’s finally bottled.