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Wine Description
The Story
At La Carbonera winery we produce Rioja Alavesa wines of the best quality in a landscape of 70 year old vines. The name of the winery comes from the iconic La Carbonera vineyard located in the municipality of Labastida. The word 'carbonera' brings to mind the coal stone and the mines dug under the earth. The logo is a testimony of the vineyard's past: the grapes used to be pressed using wooden presses.
The name Las Pisadas evokes the vinicu...
Wine Information
The 2016 vintage saw abundant rainfall early on in the year, followed by a dry, warm summer, which helped ensure perfectly healthy grapes. Rainfall in late September and early October benefitted the final stages of fruit maturation.
Alcohol level: 14,5% vol
pH: 3.66
Total acidity: 5.07 g/L (tartaric a.)
Residual sugar: 0.3 g/L
Ageing potential: 2-7 years
Vintage 2016
SPAIN 2016 will be remembered for the piles of grapes thrown to the ground in Rioja. Our most renowned wine region, as well as Navarra and most appellations in Castilla y León, registered very high yields in sharp contrast with Mediterranean wine regions where drought led to below-average production levels. The gloomy picture came from Ribeira Sacra in Galicia where severe hail hit the area of Doade in August and destroyed 400,000 kilos of gra...
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Average Bottle Price
| 2020 |
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| 13€ |
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