ALTOLANDON

Located in Landete, in the province of Cuenca, Altolandon Winery sits at an altitude of up to 1,100 meters, between Valencia, Cuenca, and Teruel. The estate covers 200 hectares, with the winery set in the heart of the vineyards.

Altolandon’s philosophy is based on producing quality wines from quality grapes. For this reason, great attention is given to every detail in the vineyard, from the choice of grape varieties, rootstocks, and clones to the careful adaptation of each vine to the local climate and soils.

The high-altitude vineyards provide ideal conditions for creating wines with a unique personality. Greater solar radiation, strong temperature variations between day and night, and slow grape ripening help preserve freshness, acidity, aromas, and flavors. The result is smaller, more concentrated berries, especially suited to producing complex red wines with good structure, color, and ageing potential.

Altolandon wines express the character of their altitude and terroir: fresh, aromatic, balanced, and distinctive.

The wine is made in 6,000-litre stainless steel tanks to extract the best qualities of the grapes, colour, aromas, etc. We keep the skins in contact with the must for 2 to 3 weeks, controlling the temperature during this period.

Alcoholic fermentation takes place spontaneously, i.e. we do not use yeast so that the indigenous yeast can develop and express its full potential in the wines. The fermentation temperature reaches 25ºC at its highest point.

When the alcoholic fermentation is finished, the wine is pressed and goes directly into 225 litre and 300 litre French oak barrels where it undergoes malolactic fermentation, also in a natural way.

After fermentation, the wine will spend between 8 and 24 months in barrels, depending on the wine for which each barrel will be used. The barrels are not used for more than 4 wines.

Finally bottled and left to settle in the bottle for a minimum of 8 months.