CYAN PRESTIGIO

1- Company: Bodega CYAN.
2- Brand name: Cyan Prestigio.
3- Company address: Finca La Calera, Ctra. Valdefinjas-Venialbo km 9.2,
Toro, Zamora.
4- Grape variety: Tinta de Toro 100%.
5- Soil: Poor, sandy, with clay underneath.
6- Alcohol: 14.5%.
7- Climate: Extreme continental, slightly tempered, with marked shortage of rainfall.
8- Average age of vineyards: Between 60 and 90 years.
9- Harvesting: Hand picking in 20-kg boxes.
10- Type of production: Traditional red wine method.
11- Average fermentation temperature: 28ºC.
12- Cask types: 100% new, 70% fine-grain French oak and 30% American oak.
15- Malolactic fermentation: 100% in stainless steel vats at controlled temperature.
16- Ageing: From 15 to 18 months in cask and 22 months in bottle.
17- Serving temperature: 17ºC.
18- Food pairings: Red meats, roasts, game and cured cheeses.
19- Tasting notes:
APPEARANCE: Very intense, bright, clean dark cherry colour.
NOSE: Powerful aroma of ripe black fruit in preserve and fine toasted touches from the oak.
MOUTH: Meaty, with fat, ripe tannins. Perfect fruit-cask coupage. Excellent varietal expression of ageing. Balmy and mineral tones and of aromatic plants like thyme and rosemary. Excellent acidity gives it a pleasing freshness.