The Story
The best wines are obtained by listening to nature. This is the reason for which more than twenty years ago we chose the privileged environment of Fransola, historic estate located in one of the highest areas of the Penedès, to plant one of our most renowned vineyards. Its cold nights and mild days provide an excellent climate for growing vines, giving away the best sauvignon blanc grapes with which we make this elegant and balanced wine.
Appellation: DO Penedès
Grape variety: Sauvignon Blanc
Soil: Deep clay-calcareous soils, reddish in color, with moderate drainage and high water retention capacity, that allow the development of the maximum aromatic expression of white wines and especially of sauvignon blanc. Formed from Eocene (Tertiary) clays.
Rainfall: Annual average (historical): 536 mm
Temperature: Annual average (historical): 13.4ºC
Winemaking: To enhance the qualities of this wine, carried out an "assembly", fermenting 50% in vats of stainless steel and the rest fermenting and aging in barrels for 6 months / Fermentation time: 2 weeks / Fermentation temperature: In stainless steel at 14ºC, in
barrels at 16ºC
Aging: For 6 months in barrels (50% new oak, mix of American oak and French oak)
Service suggestion: Ideal to accompany crustaceans and shellfish, it pairs very well with grilled and oily fish, also with poultry and green herbs. Will serve 8-10 ° C.
Winemaker's notes: Intense, complex aroma of exotic fruit (passion fruit and green fig), delicately ennobled by fine notes of toast and vanilla (from the ageing in new French oak). Good balance in the mouth thanks to the wine's acidity, with floral notes that pleasantly linger mid-palate.
Wine Information
The Fransola harvest saw an important delay due to mild temperatures throughoutthe entire growth season. The 2019 vintage could be described as a normal year in terms of precipitation, although it rained more abundantly than usual during the ripening period. Despite rainfall during the harvest,the grapes were in excellent condition. Temperatures also fell within normal range.
Rainfall: Annual total (current vintage): 549 mm (on average 536 mm)
Temperature: Annual average (current vintage): 13.3ºC (on average 13.4°C
Alcohol: 13.5% vol.
pH: 3.08
Total acidity: 5.8 g/L (tartaric acid)
Residual sugars: 0.6 g/L
Ageing potential: 2-4 years
Vintage 2019
Excellent Vintage in Rioja – the ratification of the qualification as 'EXCELLENT' of the 2019 vintage, a milestone that had not occurred since 2011!
After a vegetative cycle with optimum ripening of the grapes, in recent months extraordinary results have been observed in the evaluation of the fermentation tanks, from which the Council's technicians have collected more than 4,500 samples, which have subsequently been tasted by a panel of 150 professionals.
Pablo Franco, director of the Control Body of the Regulatory Council, took stock of the 2019 campaign, referring to the excellent health and vegetative situation of the vineyard and the state of the bunches, loose, well aerated and accompanied by the moderate vigor of the plants. In Franco's words "the year was marked by the stability in the evolution of the vineyard, not exempt from certain very local incidents produced by meteorological phenomena of little general importance".
Regarding the resulting wines, the director of the Control Body of the Council highlighted their quality, underlining the extraordinary maturation in tannin: “a round and very silky tannin that has marked red wines since their elaboration, which is very pleasantly surprising for manifest itself now and especially for having these sensations in wines with a high polyphenolic load such as this year, where the IPTs define a marked structure, with intense colors. In turn, it is worth highlighting the consolidation of lighter tones in the color of rosé wines, with a predominant aromatic expression towards more floral notes. White wines are very expressive, highlighting their great volume on the palate, in line with what is seen in reds. The commitment to autochthonous varieties and the great evolution of the quality of their elaborations is also valued ”.
In the words of Pablo Franco, “there is no doubt that, according to the behavior of the vineyard and in turn what was discovered in the wines, the 2019 vintage is‘ THE harvest ’. A vintage that reflects the true mastery of time management by winegrowers and winemakers ”.
It should be remembered that the amount harvested in the 2019 harvest was around 385 million kg of grapes (of which 342 were red grapes and 43 were white grapes) and 267.27 million liters of the 2019 harvest obtained the certification as wines protected by the DOCa Rioja (22.11 for white, 12.50 for rosé and 233.08 for red).
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Average Bottle Price
| 2020 |
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| 24€ |
This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.