CRUDABENDITA
RESERVA
Rich and complex profile, featuring spicy aromas, toasted and balsamic nuances, along with notes of cocoa, coffee, and licorice. Delightful with slow-cooked braised beef short rib, or even dark chocolate with sea salt.
The process
Grapes for Crudabendita were handpicked from clean and clay-calcareous soils and came into the winery at a temperature under 50ºF, perfect to increase the extraction of polyphenols and aromas.
Grain selection was made by hand followed by a selective optical laser to get an immaculate selection finish: just the berry.
During the alcoholic fermentation, lees were in contact with the skins and removed using a patented batonnage system from the house, unique, to not damage that exquisitely selected grape. During this process the temperature never went up to 80.6ºF.
Ageing
Aged only in natural oak, Crudabendita is made inside 225L new French oak barrels for the first 9 months followed by another 13 months 225L 2nd-year American oak barrels. This made a total period of 22 months in oak. The wine is completed being bottled at least 15 months before to be released.