Rafael Cambra Soplo 2019

CATA'S NOTES

• View: bright cherry.

• Nose: elegant with aromas of red fruits, spices and aniseed.

• Mouth: balanced, fresh and with good acidity.

ELABORATION

• Made with Garnacha Negra in vineyards with sandy soils with stones on the surface.

• Manual harvest.

• Fermentation in small stainless steel tanks of 5000 liters with 10% stem, only light pump-overs.

• Maceration at 22°C for 12 days.

• Aged for 14 months in a large 170 hl vat. Rest of aging in concrete tank.

CURIOSITIES

Rafael Cambra is a small winery that started in 2001 in an old fruit garage in Ontinyent. In 2008 they moved to Fontanars dels Alforins, since they had the vineyards there.

They began by producing 8 barrels of their Monastrel “Uno” and later expanded to their Cabernets Sauvignon and Franc in “Rafael Cambra Dos”. Since 2011 they have dedicated themselves to recovering a local variety that has almost disappeared, the Forcalla, making two wines with it: “La Forcalla de Antonia” and “CasaBosca”. In 2012 they started with a plot planted with the Arco variety, from which "CasaLabor" is made.

The winery works a total of 42 hectares of vineyards under organic and strict dry farming, 12 owned and 30 leased. The autochthonous varieties (Monastrel, Arco and Forcalla) goblet, and trellis for Cabernet Sauvignon and Franc.