Conde de los Andes 1983
Type of grape
90% Viura
10% Malvasía
Vineyard
The grapes came mostly from the winery’ sown vineyards
Harvest
The harvest was very early, up to 2 weeks earlier tan the other Rioja producers; the objective: to achieve a lower level of maturity and agreater capacity of aging, as well as to separate the collection of White and red grapes
Fermentation
The wine remained a mínimum of 24 months in used barrels of American oak of different capacities, mainly 225 liters
Ageing
It was bottled directly from the barrel and had a mínimum of two years of storage in the old caves of the winery, in Ollauri
- Conde de los Andes 1983
Tasting note
Colour:
Light yellow, almost pale, clear. Lively and flashing reflections.
Nose:
There is a sensation off reshness once the note of bottle reduction vanishes. Notes of White flowers, acacia, lemon. Creamy notes of biscotti and Orange “waffle”, with a very fine vanilla back ground.
Palate:
Fresh, still with an acidity which structures the mouth. Afruity feeling that is very well combined with notes of wood. Smooth and unctuous mouth, polished and abundantly creamy. Touches of honey, fennel, white flower, ripe fruit.
Alcohol: 12% vol
Conde de los Andes also has another more ground-breaking line, Capítulos. A family of wines in which the winemaking is experimental and can change depending on the harvest.
This collection of limited editions, exploring specific aspects of the vineyards belonging to Conde de los Andes, has been launched with Capítulo I: a 2016 Malvasía with good length and interesting citric acidity of which 1,938 bottles have been made.
Capítulo II is a 2016 Garnacha with vibrant acidity and well delineated on the palate, made from plots planted in 1910 and 1940. 1,162 bottles have been made of this one.
In an impressive network of cellars with names like ‘Los Candiles', ‘Los Gallegos’ or ‘De la Flor’, at a depth of 40 metres, lie wines from vintages ranging from 1892 to 2019.
This kilometre, which holds the histories of centuries-old wineries, is the result of our commitment to renovating the cellars, maintaining the historic vintages and making wine in the winery.
More than 450,000 bottles are stored there, of which 40,000 are from before the 1970s.
The collection includes a large number of half-bottles and white wines.
