Ossian 2012

Ossian 2012 is history in every bottle.These are the stories that vines that are almost 200 years old can tell and that have seen how, generation after generation, the ways of life, viticulture, the environment and even people changed. Ossian is a historical and primitive legacy. It is the patience needed in a place where time is the greatest virtue and the best ally. The 2012 vintage of this centennial Segovian Verdejo that goes back in our memories stands out for its depth. Elegant and intense. Delicate and silky. A wine that remains in your mind. The definitive Verdejo.

Ossian 2012

Ossian 2012

Authentic Segovian Verdejo

Climatic year

The vintage 2012 is a vintage marked by a hot summer with little rainfall. Maturation suffered a slight advance fircing harvest to start in late September. The winter was cold, with rains in the normal range and some snowy days. In March the temperatures climb began, reaching 20 degrees in April which made strains spout early. A frost in the first half of May reduced harvest significantly. The hot and dry summer favored the advance in all phases of the cycle. Some rain at harvest did not influence the excellent sanitary quality of tge grapes.

Grapes

100% Verdejo, centuries-old pre-phylloxera old vines, ungrafted. The grapes come from our 19 hectares of vineyards in Nieva (Segovia) certificad organically grown (without synthetic festilizers, herbicides or pesticides of any kind), plus another 17 hectares, also ungrafted, grown under our strict supervision.

Winemaking process

The grapes are handpicked and carried to the winery in 15 kg crates. Once at the winery the grapes are thoroughly sorted on the conveyor belt. The grapes are whole-cluster pressed, non-destemmed, using only free run juice. Indigenous yeast fermentation. After alcoholic fermentation the wine remained in French oak barrels-25% new. 35% of one wine and 40%of two wine- for complete wine´s aging of nine month in Burgundian style, with “batonnage” on its lees.

Harvest record