Esparter 2017

Description

Wine: Esparter
Varieties: 100% Macabeo
Alcohol: 12%
Cellar: AT Roca
Designation of Origin:DO Clàssic Penedès

Elaboration: Traditional method. 7 months in barrel and minimum 40 months in bottle.
Viticulture: Esparter
Vineyard – Altitude: 340 m.
– Surface: 4.5 ha.
– Age: Old vineyard managed in a vase, planted in 1968.
– Soil type: Calcareous shales.
– Subzone: Costers de l’Ordal
– Microclimate: Cool vineyard with north-west exposure, thanks to which it captures only the faintest and subtlest light of the morning and protects it from the torrid and warm soil in the afternoon. Its proximity to the sea provides humidity and freshness, tempering the water stress of the plant.