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“85% Tempranillo (harvested 10/6/10) & 15% Mazuelo (harvested 10/21/10); Castillo Ygay is always made from grapes sourced from La Plana, a 98 acre single-vyd, planted in 1950 & located on a plateau @ 485 m asl, the highest point of our Finca Ygay. Bunches are de-stemmed and gently crushed, before being racked into stainless steel vats. Fermentation takes around eleven days, during which we pump over and punch down the cap in order to extract aromas and poliphenols slowly and naturally. Aged for 24 mos in 225-L AM & FR oak barrels, bottled Mar ’15, then three years in the bottle before being released to the market. 130,853 (0.75 l) bottles produced,” 680 cases imported to the U.S.

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