DOC: Montilla-Moriles
Plot of land: Cañada Navarro, Sierra de Montilla.
Soil type: Alberos de tosca de antehojuela (very white, airy soil typical from our region). Clay texture.
Plot features: 480m of altitude. 15% slope. Southeast orientation.
Variety: Pedro Ximenez.
Viticulture: minimum tillage. Prioritization of efficiency control labors and canopy ventilation by green pruning. Integrated production.
Harvest Date: 18/08/2021.
Elaboration: manual harvest of grape bunches. Destemming and crushing. Soft pressing in a pneumatic press and cold settling of the must for 24-48 hours. Tinaja (3000L concrete vessel) fermentation. Dynamic fermentation with temperature control. Ageing on fine lees, and biological ageing under veil of flor for 7 months.
Number of bottles: 3820.
Tasting notes: To the eye, pale with greenish highlights. Elegant nose dominated by minerality and freshness, with soft spicy notes. Fresh and vertical on the palate, saline and very persistent.
UNIQUENESS
Sheltered, surrounding the winery, its subtlety, minerality and spice.
DATA SHEET
LOS INSENSATOS PHILOSOPHY
Los Insensatos is not only a trade name with an engaging and playful approach that identifies a new oenological project located in DO Montilla-Moriles; it’s a statement of intent that comes from 6 friends that wish to promote a substantial change through a reformulation of the way of making and conceiving our wines: revolution starts from within.
EL PRETIL
SOIL AND CULTIVATION IN ESSENCE
“We work passionately to make unique and high-quality wines: we want to share them, build intense experiences and enjoy them to their fullest.”
