Benje Tinto 2022

GRAPES: 90% Listán Prieto, 9% Listán Blanco, 1% Tintilla

Vineyard From several parcels of 70–120-year-old vines at 900- 1200m elevation farmed by Envínate and 15 local families. Viticulture here is highly traditional: vines grow untrained, the soils is worked by hand, and no chemicals are used.

Vinification Method The grapes fermented by parcel with with native yeasts in a mixture of concrete vats and plastic tanks. All parcels completed spontaneous malolactic fermentation. After fermentation, the wine aged for eight months in 228-litre neutral French oak barrels (65%) and concrete tank (35%) without racking. Bottled without fining or filtering and with
only a tiny addition of sulfur.