Bodega: Quinta Milú
Winemaking: Germán Robles Blanco / José Luis Herrero.
Viticulture: Enrique Herrero / Germán Robles Blanco / José Luis Herrero.
Wine name: Milú
Vintage: 2023
Vintage classification: Excellent
Bottling date: abril 2024
Vineyards: La del Charly, La Peñuela, El Picón, La del Panadero, Sotillejo,Las Peñas, Peñas Saladas, Las de Sotillo, Porquera, Peña Lobera.
Altitude: 870 – 908m a.s.l.
Location: La Aguilera.
Region: Burgos.
Soils: Mainly clay-limestone.
Vineyard age: Average of 58 years old.
Grapes:Tempranillo
Pruning: Traditional bush vines (80%), trellis-trained, bilateralspur-pruning (20%).
Irrigation: No.
De-budding: Yes.
Suckering: Yes, occasionally in certain parcels.
Leaf-plucking: Yes, occasionally in certain parcels.
Green harvesting: Yes, occasionally in certain parcels.
Harvest date: last week of of September 2023.
Harvest: By hand with strict selection in the vineyard and on various days.
Destalking: Yes.
Crushing: No.
Sulphur: Minimal dose at bottling
Tanks: stainless steel tanks (70%), open oak barrels (15%) & 3000l &4000 l oak tubs (15%)
Pre-fermentation maceration: No.
Fermentation temperature: 25°C.
Pumping over / punching down: Minimal pumping over and punching down in the barrels.
Malolactic fermentation: Yes. 100% in used barrels of 400 and 500l.
Ageing: 7 months in used french-oak barrels of 225l,400l & 500l.
Alcohol:13,5% vol
Filtration: No.
Clarifcation: No.
Stabilization: No.
Production: 35.000 bottles of 75cl.