Finca Valhonta is born in high, cold lands with great definition and ferments in concrete tanks designed and built exclusively for Lalomba. After a 12-day post-fermentation maceration, the wine is transferred to 500L French oak barrels where it undergoes malolactic fermentation. Aging is extended for 14 months in those same barrels and then eight more months in concrete.
This wine reflects the classic finesse of Rioja Alta reds. It has elegant floral notes and balsamic touches, red and black fruit, and hints of licorice both on the nose and palate. Great texture, medium body, firm tannins, and aging potential.
Finca Valhonta
The expression of the Tempranillo variety achieves one of its highest levels of harmony and charm in the wide clay-limestone terraces at the foot of the Obarenes mountains. Finca Valhonta is born in high, cold lands with great definition, surrounded by the forest, a healthy environment, and a unique combination of Mediterranean, Atlantic, and continental climates that seem to come together to recreate a world of fascinating finesse.
Elaboration The harvest is collected in 250 kg containers and once in the winery, the grapes go through grain-by-grain optical selection. A pre-fermentation maceration takes place for three days. Fermentation slowly starts with yeast from the vineyard. On the fourth day, selected native yeast is inoculated. The process takes place in concrete tanks designed and built exclusively for Lalomba. Maceration and extraction are combined with delestage and pumping over at specific moments. After a 12-day post-fermentation maceration, the wine is gently pressed and transferred to 500-liter French oak barrels, where it undergoes malolactic fermentation. The aging of the wine is extended for 14 months in those same barrels, without racking. After that, it is returned to the concrete for its final refinement. It remains there for eight months. Bottled in September 2019.
2017 Vintage Remembered as the vintage of the great frost on April 27, 2017 was generally warm with an average temperature of 16.74 ºC in Villalba and quite dry, with only 402 mm of precipitation. The minimum temperature recorded was -3.45 ºC on March 24 and the maximum was 36.6 ºC on July 21.
