Organic & Sustainable Traditional Viticulture.

Winery: Casa Aurora. 
Winemaking: Germán R. Blanco.
Viticulture: Germán R. Blanco.
Wine name: La Nave Casa Aurora.
Vintage: 2021
Vintage classification: Excellent.
Bottling: June 2022.
Vineyards: Mercenary vines. Grapes bought to wine growers from the village organically  cultivated under our supervision.
Altitude: 510- 810 msmn
Location:  Albares
Region: Bierzo
Soils:  clay
Grape varieties: Mencía (90 %) y Garnacha Tintorera & palominp
Vineyard age: 46 years old
Pruning: Traditional bush vines
Irrigation: No
De-budding:Yes
Suckering: No
Topping: No
Leaf-plucking:No
Green harvesting: No
Harvesting: by hand (strict selection)
Harvest date:  first & secod week  week of September 2021
Grape selection: Yes, in the vineyard
Destalking : Yes (80%)
Crushing: No
Sulphur: Minimal dose at bottling
Tanks: open PVC tanks.
Pre-fermentation maceration: No
Fermentation with indigenous yeast with no other additives.
Fermentation temperature: 21°C. +/-
Pumping over / punching down: regular punching down
Malolactic fermentation: Yes, spontaneous at the end of the summer,100 % in barrels.
Ageing:  9 months in different containers  ( french oak fudre , french oak used barrels, inox, flextankeggs)
Filtration: No
Clarifcation: No
Stabilization: No
Alcohol: 12.5% by vol.
Production: 13.000. bottles 0,75l