Villard Expresión Pinot Noir

PINOT NOIR EXPRESSION RESERVE 2022

VITICULTURE
Varietal Composition: 100% Pinot Noir
Designation of Origin: Casablanca Valley
Conduction system: Vertical positioning of shoots
Pruning: Double Guyot
Irrigation: Drip
Soil type: On slopes, sandy-clay soils

VINIFICATION
Harvest date: 3 to 28 March 2022
Harvesting method: By hand
Fruit selection: Yes, both in the vineyard and in the winery.
Destemming: No
Cold maceration prior to fermentation: Temperature of 8 °C for 7 days
Alcoholic fermentation: 8 days at 25-28 °C
Remontados: Twice a day with hat dipping
Total skin contact time: 20 days
Malolactic fermentation: Yes

AGEING
8% in 225 and 300 L French oak barrels.
16% in French oak foudres for 3 months
76% in stainless steel tanks

BOTTLING
Stabilisation: Cold stabilisation
Clarification: No
Filtration: By plates and membranes
Bottling date: 22 August 2022
Closure: Natural cork stopper Finecork 5