Wines, Beers & Spirits

Bikandi Ecologico Crianza is an organic Tempranillo wine from Rioja. The vines grow in a cool high-altitude area in calcareous alluvial soil. The vineyards are strictly kept under ecological agricultural methods in a natural environment without any pesticides, herbicides or chemical fertilizers. Bikandi grapes are hand harvested during the first weeks of October. After fermentation, Viña Olabarri’s winemaker- Fernando Salgado, aged the wine for more than 14 months in 225 litre French oak barrels. This ensures a fruit-forward wine that is elegant, fresh, spicy and nuanced which integrates the oak character perfectly with the dark cherry fruit, vanilla and chocolate that shows on tasting. It is ideal with tapas or any grilled dish.

Varieties: 60% Tempranillo, 30% Garnacha, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon
An oaky red wine. Persistent and full of flavour.
Ageing: 4 months in second use 300l French oak barrels.
Harvest: Grapes are picked from the last week of September to mid-October, following a hot summer and autumn which aids the ripening process.
Vineyards: Organically cultivated, using a trellis system in silt-loam soil.
Elaboration: Cold maceration. Alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel vats for 15 days at a temperature of less than 25ºC. Maleolactic fermentation take place in the same vats.

Varieties: 60% Syrah, 30% Tempranillo, 10% Garnacha
Red wine aged for 12 months. The expression of our very best terroirs. A selection of our finest grapes from 6 different vineyards, all meticulously cooled before reaching the winery. Cold maceration and controlled fermentation with regular pipeage and delestages, differentiating batches and varieties.
Malolactic fermentation in oak barrels. Matured in French oak barrels to soften the tannins and improve complexity and elegance.

Winery: Vinos De Altura
Wine: Vinos De Altura – altitude wines Bobal red
Launch:  January 2021
Vintage: 2019
Variety:  Bobal 100%
Origin: Cuenca
Total production: 50.000 l.

Viticulture

• Hectares: 10 ha.
• Vineyard’s age: 70 years old
• High: 969m
• Pruning style: Globet system head training. Bush.
• Crop: dry
• Soil: Poor clay. Poor subsoil.
• Green pruning:     yes
• Plant yield: 5kg
• Viticulture type: organic
• Harvest: October
• Climate: dry continental and Mediterranean.
• Pluviometry: 350l / year

Processing

• Destemmed:  yes
• Crushing: no
• Fermentation: stainless steel tanks
• Maceration: 6 days
• Pumping: tank
• Malolactic fermentation: tank
• Barrel aging: 6 months
• Barrels type: 100% French oak
• Grain type: fine
• Tasted type: soft
• Barrels capacity: 225 l
• Fining: 10 months
• Alcohol vol: 14,5% vol.

Winery:     Vinos De Altura
Wine: Vinos De Altura- Altitude Wines Bobal Blanc de Noirs
Launch:     January 2021
Vintage: 2020
Variety: Bobal 100%
Origin: Cuenca
Total Production: 50.000 L.

Viticulture

• Hectares: 10 Ha.
• Vineyards Age: Old Vineyards. 70 Years Old
• High: 969m
• Pruning Style: Globet System Head Training. Bush.
• Crop: Dry
• Soil: Poor clay. Poor subsoil.
• Green Pruning:     Yes
• Plant Yield: 6kg
• Viticulture Type: Organic
• Harvest: October
• Climate: Dry Continental and Mediterranean.
• Pluviometry: 350l / Year

Processing

• Destemmed: Yes
• Crushing: No
• Fermentation: Stainless steel tanks
• Maceration: None.
• Elaboration: soft pressing of 30% of the red Bobal variety to just ferment the flower most.
• Alcohol Vol: 13% Vol.

I designed this wine when my father passed away. The pain was so strong that I had to quench this feeling of my heart. An artist paints a picture, I make wines. I woke up one day with a feeling of peace, singing this well-known song by Spanish rock singer. The cure was tolerance. People live their lives as best they can. I had to accept the way my father choosed to live and die, and also I had to accept the way I had chosen to live, without censoring myself.
I thought this feeling it was like a fight between two grapes, Bobal and Syrah. The acidity and tannin of the Bobal versus the smoothness and power of the Syrah. And the result is an elegant and complex wine with a lot to discover in its sequential steps.
This wine has been identified as one of the best Bobal wine of the world by the experts. (Jancis Robinson).

This original coupage is a mix of Verdejo and Viognier, two power grapes that nobody has had the audacity to work with them in the same bottle. This wine has obtained bronze medal in Valencia region and gold medal in the ecological competition of wines of Valencia. Peñín has given it 90 points and has invited us repeatedly for the Best Wines of Spain Fair.
This wine represents the risk, the audacity, the will to live. That is why these two grapes make this wine so original, and surprising. The terroir is also a determinant factor for XTMO. Mineral, floral and with an enormous complexity that is more typical in a red wine, but very weird and unique in a white one.

This complex and elegant blend of Syrah, Merlot and Cabernet Franc offers aromas of red fruits mingling with the spicy nuances of its maturation in demi-muids. The harmony of the mouth with fine and coated tannins presents a fresh and persistent finish. The wine reveals the authenticity of the high-altitude terroir from which it comes and its capacity to produce great wines for ageing.
Terroir: clay-limestone soil
Culture: organic and respect of the soil
Ageing: 18 months in demi-muids and wooden barrels
Pairings: the spicy and powerful structure of this wine goes perfectly with a Provencal stew with peppers and game on the spit.

The purest expression of the Syrah grape variety. This wine opens with notes of great fruity intensity carried by a subtle woodiness. The attack is supple, elegant and enhanced by fine tannins, the mouth seduces by its crisp and ample side.
Terroir: clay-limestone soil
Culture: organic and respect of the soil
Ageing: 18 months in demi-muids
Pairings: the lively, fresh and full of finesse finish inspires a wine of character that will perfectly accompany a lamb leg and its small spelt.

This wine has been made under the strict guidance of the CCPAE (Catalan Council of Organic Agricultural Production). This means that it complies with the regulations governing organic winemaking techniques.
It is very important to our selection of the most characteristic vineyards Xarel.lo variety.
The production process has been designed to ensure that it fully retains its essential nature. The wine has been fermented in stainless steel tanks at low temperatures, in order to maintain the varietal presence and freshness.
Once fermentation, racking try to keep the lees to help us for 2 months to make battonages for more complexity in structure i mouth.
Once a tasting we decided to terminate the process, ended with the stabilization and final filtration prior to bottling.