2005 Climatology

This year was market by a long drought. There wasn’t a lot of rainfall in winter and spring. In the end of September, which is end of the maturation period, the rainfall was more abundant.

In order to overcome the period of drought and to stimulate the correct development of the grapes, we moistened the vineyards through irrigation by dripping at the most critical moments.

The harvest was inferior to previous years; this was translated in a smaller yield of production.

It was a year of early maturation, which means that it was early in year that the grapes were in favourable conditions for their optimal development. It was reached a good alcoholic maturity and an excellent maturity of the skin.

Finca Viladellops 05 (white barrel)

	13	9	103
Variety	Xarel.lo	Xarel.lo	Xarel.lo Rosado
Plantation year	1993	1963	1972
Orientation	Northeast	Northwest	North
Soil	Chalk(Coster)	Clay-Chalk	Clay-Chalk
Formation	1.80 Frame	Vase in Hoop	Vase in Hoop
Pruning	Short(1fingertip)	Short(1fingertip)	Short(1fingertip)

COUPAGE % Xarel.lo 13 (48%) - Xarel.lo 9 (22%)- Xarel.lo Rosado 103 (30%)

DATE of HARVEST X13 (16/09/05), X9 (16/09/05), X103(25/09/05)

PRODUCTION Harvest selected in vineyard and selection table. Pre-fermentative maceration in a refrigerador between 3-5 Cº. Fermentation in French oak barrel at controlled temperature. Aged with lees and batonage.Date left barrel (18/09/06) with its fine lees until bottling.

BOTTLED February 2007

NUMBER OF BOTTLES 4.700

ANALYSIS (Made 07/02/07)

Degrees of Alcohol: 12,85%
Total Tartaric Acidity: 5,3 gr/l
Volatile Acidity: 0,26 gr/l
Reducing sugars: 1,6 gr/l
Free Sulphurs: 27 mg/l
Total Sulphurs: 96 mg/l
PH: 3,28

2004 Climatology

This year provided us with the perfect conditions for growing grapes. It rained in the winter to provide reserves, again in the spring and once again in summer at around the period of ripening. These light rains, together with the moderate late summer temperatures helped to bring about a slow and steady ripening, which was finally achieved between one and two weeks later than is normal in our region. We believe that it was this slow development which lead to a significant improvement in quality.

Once again, selection is the key to the quality in the wins. We went through our vineyards several time to select bunches in a perfect state of ripeness.

Finca Viladellops 04 (Vintage Red)

	44	32	32
Variety	Garnacha	Syrah	Marcelan
Plantation year	1989	1989	1988
Orientation	Northwest	Northwest	Northeast
Soil	Chalk (Fossils)	Chalk (Fossils)	Clay-Chalk
Formation	1.80 Frame	1.80 Frame	1.80 Frame
Pruning	Short (1fingertip)	Short (1fingertip)	Short (1fingertip)

COUPAGE % Garnacha (70%)- Syrah (30%)

DATE OF HARVEST Garnacha (08/10/04), Syrah(08/10/04), Marcelan (20/10/04)

PRODUCTION Harvest selected in vineyard and selection table. Controlled fermentation in tanks. Aged in the barrel for 12 months. Date left the barrel (15/12/05).

BOTTLED March 2006

NUMBER OF BOTTLES 25.000

ANALYSIS (Made 28/02/06)

Alcohol content: 13,8%
Total Tartaric Acidity: 5,3 gr/l
Volatile Acidity: 0,44 gr/l
Reducing Sugars: 2,0 gr/l
Free Sulphurs: 27 mg/l
Total Sulphurs: 98 mg/l
PH: 3,35