Colección de Toneles Centenarios Luis XIV Vino Noble
| Type of Wine | Red |
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| Content (Alc) | 0.5 ltr (16%) |
| Drink window | 2023 - 2045 |
| Available as of | Jan 20, 2023 |
Description
The company “Colección de Toneles Centenarios” was born from an extraordinary treasure: the barrel room of the Ferrero Wineries, an old Alicante wine producing winery, located in the city of Cañada, Alicante. From the house's historic vineyards, planted in the 1960s, with a fine sandy soil, just outside the town of Canyada in Alicante, here comes an extraordinary glass of sweet red wine, namely a Vino Noble Alicante made as centuries ago this unique sweet red wine was made. No reinforcement with alcohol but this Luis XIV Vino Noble is a naturally sweet red wine made from very late harvests of Monastrell. All its sugar and alcohol comes from the grapes themselves and has undergone long aging in semi-new American oak barrels.
This Vino dulce Noble Alicante comes from the Vinos Alicante DOP appellation and comes in a special bottle "type: Tortuga" of 500 ml. Only 750 bottles were made and this wine can only be made when the weather allows it to reach the Monastrell ( Mourvedre in French) grapes to ripen for a long time. This version is a blend of 2003 and vintage 2018. 25% of the blend of the 2003 vintage matured for 20 years in American oak barrels and 75% of the wine of the 2018 vintage matured for 3 years in American oak barrels The grapes come from a vineyard located on a sandy loam with an abundance of sand-lime stone. at an altitude of no less than 550-580 meters. The wines are deliberately oxidized to get a Rancio character.
This Luis XIV Vino Noble is a wonderfully sweet wine without being cloyingly sweet and has a beautiful oxidative freshness. The wine is off-dry - semi-sweet. In the mouth it is very intense with aromas of stewed plums and a very long finish of spiced oak.
FACT: In the Tab: Appendix you will find the official fact sheet of this fine wine. We will automatically send it to you when you order this wine. The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to pick up the wine you will also receive a nice discount. We are almost next to the national road with plenty of parking space. Click here for address.
Specifications
| Available as of | Jan 20, 2023 |
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| Type of Wine | Red |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Alicante |
| Winery | Colección de Toneles Centenarios |
| Grape | Monastrell, Mourvedre |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Drinking as of | 2023 |
| Drinking till | 2045 |
| Alcohol % | 16 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.5 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | Yes |
| Closure | Cork |
| Tasting Profiles | Earthy, Rustic, Dark fruit, Dry, Aged on wood, Powerful, Tannines, Full |
| Drink moments | Barbecue, Cadeau!, Lekker luxe, Met vrienden, Romantisch |
Wijnhuis
The Colección de Toneles Centenarios company was born from an extraordinary treasure: the barrel room of the Ferrero wineries, an old wine producing winery in Alicante, located in the city of Cañada, Alicante. There they found 25 old barrels that have been forgotten for more than 60 years. The barrels contained extremely old and also extremely expensive wines.
The family still has 25 hectares of vineyards, from which they resume the production of wines destined to produce Fondillón. Fondillon is a completely separate category of wine and is a sweet, undistilled wine made from extra ripe Monastrell grapes that are harvested later than normal, before being pressed, fermented with the skins and then aged in oak for at least ten years barrels. It is located in between a sherry and a port, but an important element is that the wine is not fortified, so it consists purely of the grapes.
The Fondillón comes from the Alicante region and has thus naturally reached its high alcohol content and belongs to one of the most important historical wines in Europe. It should only be made with 100% Monastrell grape from Alicante. The high natural alcohol value is achieved by ripening the grapes on the vine itself, which promotes both the highest levels of aromas and flavors of the Monastrell grape, produced by the solera system during the fermentation and aging process. Through this system, one portion of each barrel is tapped into the next when bottled, filling the decay with aged wine from the finest selection of Monastrell grape, Alicante's main variety. The production and aging is done with all the care and attention that is required by a noble wine.
The Fondillón was born in the former orchard of the city of Alicante and later spread to the neighboring area of Vinalopó where it currently produces wines. It was one of the most prestigious wines in the world until the phylloxera crisis and industrialization led to the disappearance of many wineries. Fortunately, this wine is coming back all the way and there are a number of high-quality wine companies that supply this beautiful wine, with Colección de Toneles Centenarios being very much at the top. Especially with their Fondillón Luis XIV of more than 60 years old, but also the 25-year-old version are very beautiful with very high international ratings. They are pricy wines, especially given the very long maturation, but actually only a fraction compared to some Sauternes.
The 4 characteristics of Fondillón:
- Denomination of Origin Alicante.Monastrell grape
- Minimum of 10 years of aging and aging in oak barrels
- Minimum of 16º or natural alcohol, never added alcohol
Since the grapes remain on the bushes to dry in (as is done for example in Puglia at Primitvo and is called appassimento there, but is also in principle the same as an Amarone) it also has to cooperate again. When autumn sets in early and the rains start, the grape cannot build up the sugars to create the minimum natural 16% alcohol, so these wines can always be made in the good years, and every year again poses the question whether it will work. The final wine is always a Non Vintage and the barrels therefore contain the blend of various years.
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