Las Jaras Sweet Berry Red 2021 750ml

All of the fruit in this blend was hand-picked and each block was selected and fermented separately. We like to employ a slightly different winemaking process for each fermentor in order to bring out more complexity in the blend. There were no additions to the fruit when received and added to tanks. We do not perform cold soaks and all lots were native yeast fermented in open-top fermenters. We employ minimal extraction in the cellar with only one very light punchdown per day. We typically drained and pressed at dryness and aged in neutral 228L Burgundy barrels, used and new French 600L demi muids and 500L puncheons. We kept the Press wine separate and it was not added back to the blend. We racked with light lees and blended the wine into 3 blocks in the spring following harvest. We did this to allow the more structured lots marry with the leaner lots. This allowed us to achieve great cohesion in the blend. One month before bottling we racked and blended all of the lots followed by a couple more weeks in the barrel. One week before bottling, the wine was racked clean to a new tank. We bottled without fining or filtration. Total barrel time was 14 months.