Los Frailes Rubificado 2017

A pure Garnacha Tintorera from limestone and iron soils, the 2017 Rubificado shows higher ripeness than the Monastrell, as it ripens early and suffers more in warm years. This fermented with 50% full clusters, and it has a different texture and reveals more rusticity than the Monastrell bottlings and the wine from the last vintage, which was cooler. Garnacha Tintorera behaves better in cooler years. They had to select the grapes and discard quite a lot, and they produced 3,450 bottles. It was bottled in December 2018. - Luis Gutiérrez.