Conde de Hervias - Trinidad del Conde de Hervias 2018
Price: $34.00
| Producer | Conde de Hervias |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Rioja |
| Subregion | Rioja Alta |
| Varietal | Tempranillo |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 011216 |
| ABV | 14.00% |
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Conde de Hervías is an artisanal winery in northern Rioja Alta, specializing in producing single-vineyard wines of the highest quality from historic vineyards in the village of Torremontalbo. Íñigo Manso de Zúñiga Ugartechea, together with his winemaking partner and wife, Yolanda García Viadero, work highly prestigious plots of pre-phylloxera vines that surround their home in Torremontalbo, an incredible structure built in 1252. Íñigo studied Enology at the University of Bordeaux in France, where this training taught him to respect balance and restraint over power and concentration. His terroir-focused philosophy at the estate focuses on harvesting ripe grapes with balanced acidity that are not overly mature.
Trinidad del Conde Hervías is 100% Tempranillo from three vineyards, all planted to the original clone of tempranillo: Romero, on calcareous clay soil, was planted in 1978; Llano Alto on ferrous clay was planted in 1958; Trinidad contains a portion of the 1864 pre-phylloxera Las Arenillas vineyard, planted on sandy soil. The grapes are fermented in stainless steel tanks and aged for one year in 2 and 3 year old oak barrels that are 50% American and 50% French.
