VIÑAS DEL VERO MACABEO · CHARDONNAY separately but in the same way. First, the grapes Vintage: 2018 were crushed lightly, then they were chilled, the Denomination of Origin: Somontano. musts were macerated on their skins and lastly Vineyeard source: Salas Bajas & Barbastro. the much prized free-run juices drawn off, using Composition: Macabeo & Chardonnay. nothing but gravity. These alone were fermented, Ageing: No. separately, for seven days at a temperature that Alcohol: 13% vol. was not allowed to rise above 16ºC. The blend was Ph: 3,41. made in October and the finished wine stabilised by Total acidity: 5,30 gr/l (tartaric). chilling. Last of all, the wine started being bottled Residual sugar: 3,70 g/l. on 16th October. CONTAINS SULPHITES WINEMAKER’S NOTES In terms of its appearance, Viñas del Vero Macabeo– Chardonnay is bright, luminous and attractive. It VINTAGE displays a broad, complex palette of aromas: a fine The 2018 growing year can be described as having been balance of fruit, flowers and herbs that are echoed very wet, with significant rainfall in both spring and summer on the palate. Smooth, clean and elegant in the (40% more than the average). As to temperatures, it was a mouth, this a balanced, silky, easy to drink and hot year, particularly in August. The harvest started on 27th particularly flavoursome wine. August with the Merlot and finished on 24th October in our most northerly vineyards, following 57 long days of harvesting, SERVICE AND PAIRING two weeks longer than is usual for our winery. Although it This wine should be served at between 6 and was a challenging year health-wise because of the copious 8ºC, either on its own or with pre-dinner snacks, rain, the grapes ripened in stages, so there was no overlap starters, salads, seafood, fish and light dishes. in the different varieties becoming fully ripe. The wines obtained are on the whole very expressive, intensely aromatic and smooth and rounded on the palate even as youthful wines, which implies they should develop well over time... VINEYARDS The vineyards from which the white varieties for Viñas del Vero Macabeo Chardonnay were planted between 1988 and 2000. They have an altitude of between 350 and 450m above sea level and a North-South orientation. The soils are Miocene, frank-sandy and very stony. WINEMAKING We started picking the Chardonnay grapes on 27th August and harvested the Macabeo during the week of 10th September. The two varieties were vinified VIÑAS DEL VERO S.A. Ctra. de Naval, km 3,7 · 22300 BARBASTRO España · Tel. 974 302 216 · Fax 974 302 098 · www.vinasdelvero.es.