ASTRAL Astral is the only wine in the cellar, and with it, Eduardo Garcia seeks to promote the fruit above the wood, without aggressive tannins. And she succeeds: it is a powerful wine with firm ripe tannins, concentrated, and good acidity, it is fresh and very juicy. Although few more years in bottle to round eventually all his maturity and potential.
NOTE: This wine has been clarified with egg albumin and bottled unfiltered. Decanting is recommended also to enjoy the full aromatic potential.
All the vineyard of the winery is concentrated in the municipality of Anguix. Of the 15 acres owned, ten are planted with vines of Tinto Fino grafted own clones, obtained by mass selection of vineyards and aged between 20 and 70. The vineyard is comprised largely of small plots-La Cañada, El Valle, Los Astral ,...- with low plant densities and cepas/Ha- 2200 north-south orientation. Between 2003 and 2004, 14 new acres planted with fine red and other varieties, with higher densities of 3500-4000 stems per hectare that can better regulate the vigor of the plant. No herbicides are used and weeds are removed by working the soil. It tries to meet the most bacterial flora using only sulfur and phytosanitary treatments in the event that diseases do not disappear. The grape harvest takes place in boxes of 12 kilograms. The winery is involved as little as possible on the grapes whilst minimizing the treatments. Each parcel is vinified separately according to their state of maturity. The fermentations were conducted with indigenous yeasts, mortification are not too long and pays special attention to the lifts. During the development is to retain maximum fruit all the aroma and avoiding aggressive extraction of tannins, the grapes for this move by gravity. To use the French oak aging -80% - -20% and American - renewing the barrels by 30% every year and giving the wine a wood stay 14-20 months. During malolactic conduct only one transfer, and one or two during aging. Astral production will grow according to the development of the vineyard and works in progress at the new winery in the coming years. Initially bottlenecks between 23,000 and 40,000 units until the total 29 hectares to achieve the 100,000 bottles a year.

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