Winery: Casa Aurora
Winemaking: Germán R. Blanco
Viticulture: Germán R. Blanco
Wine name: Caras Norte
Vintage: 2023
Vintage classification: excellent
Bottling date: Otober 2024
Vineyards: Las Baragayas
Altitude: 750m a.s.l.
Location: Villa de Albares
Region: Bierzo Alto
Sub-region: Boeza Valey
Soils: red clay
Exposure: North
Vineyard size: 0.25ha
Grape varieties :Palomino (50%) Mencía (30%), Garnacha Tintorera, (15%), Doña Blanca , Godello, Portuguesa…(5%)
Vineyard age: 81 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) in small cases.
Harvest date: first week of October 2023
Grape selection: Yes, in the vineyard
Destalking: yes
Crushing: No
Sulphur: Minimal dose at bottling
Tanks: open PVC.
Pre-fermentation maceration: No
Fermentation temperature: <25°C
Pumping over / punching down: Foot pressing and
regular punching down
Malolactic fermentation: Yes. In barrel
Ageing: The wine is aged in a flextank egg of 875 l during 14 momths
barrel.
Alcohol: 13 % by vol.
Filtration: No
Clarification: No
Stabilization: No
Production: 1.100 bottles of 75cl