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Class of 1965, On the Internet: Victor de la SernaFROM: Grandes Pagos de EspañaFinca Sandoval is a personal project started in 1998 by Víctor de la Serna, a newspaper editor and wine writer in Madrid. He started from scratch by planting a new, 11-hectare (26-acre) Syrah vineyard in the heart of the littleknown and under-appreciated Manchuela appellation in Cuenca province, 250 km (150 miles) southeast of Madrid. The vineyard is on clay-limestone soils at an altitude of 770 metres (2,500 feet). It was planted following an idea that was developed over a span of 30 years of intimate knowledge of the terroir: that this region a huge potential for quality wines, particularly reds, and that because of the soil and climate, the Syrah grape was a variety that should produce very interesting results. The little winery (with a production capacity of 70,000 litres and 200 barrels) also makes small batches of wine from native varieties of grapes from old vines in the area, particularly (since 2003) a 2.4 ha (5.9 acres), 60 year-old Garnacha (Grenache) and Bobal vineyard at the highest point (1,050 m, or 3,500 ft) of the Manchuela. Finca Sandoval also experiments with a small plot of the great Portuguese cultivar, Touriga Nacional. The two main wines, Finca Sandoval y Salia, are produced in the traditional way, largely following the French Rhône model, particularly in the hoice of fermentation in small open-top tanks (most of them with a capacity of 50 hl), with frequent manual pigeage, under controlled temperatures that don‚t surpass 28º C. This is preceded by a prolonged cold soak before fermentation starts. Malolactic fermentation takes place entirely in barrel. The technology used, as highlighted by a low-pressure wooden basket press, is very basic and traditional. The aging and bottle storage cellar is airconditioned. The wines are blended after the oak aging, and are bottled unfiltered and unfined. SOURCE: http://www.grandespagos.com/en/index.html |
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