Tasting notes

Dark and deep cherry colour with hints of violet. Powerful and elegant aroma with balsamic and spicy notes, and concentrated dark fruit, plums and cherries. Very delicate oak notes. Elegant and meaty on the palate, full of fruity expression with mature tannins and toasted cedar freshened by balsamic notes.

Vineyard properties

Vineyard/Estate name: Garrofer Plot of Finca Sumarroca

Soil composition: Calcareous and presence of gravel

Training method: Doble Royat

Altitude: 200 m

Exposure: southeast, northwest

Yield/ha: 4.500 kg/ha

Harvest:

Temperatures during the autumn and winter were similar to previous years. Temperatures were mild in spring due to rainy weather which lasted up until mid-June, after which they rose with the arrival of a heat wave in the first week of August. So, all in all, a rainy year, dry until the end of February, but followed by a great deal of rain until the end of June, which then let up until the start of the harvest when 120 litres fell (the previous year we had 30 litres).

The vegetative growth and the number of grapes per shoot were normal and the size of the berries was small on the young varietals. The Macabeo and Tempranillo were affected by mildew. The wines show a lower alcohol content than in previous years but possess the qualities of exceptional freshness, softness and elegance.

First Vintage: 2001

Number of bottles of this vintage: 5.000

Fermentation: Stainless steel tanks with temperature control. 3 weeks maceration.

Bòria 2020