Sofros 2015
Tinto D.O. Toro
Wine tasting
This fine, purple-tinged red wine reveals a complex bouquet that combines wood and dark fruits. An aroma that lingers on the palate, announcing the unparalleled pleasure that only Sofros can provide. Marvellous Toro!!!
Oenologist:
Ramiro Carbajo Del Río
Winery
We keep manufacturing on rented premises, where we own the silos, the barrels and all the equipment needed to continue elaborating in a traditional and respectful way the grapes and our wine, trying to emulate our ancestors.
Labeling
Ratings
- 92 points on the Guía Peñín
Technical sheet
Wine name and harvest year:
Sofros 2015.
Designation of Origin:
D.O. Toro.
Technical Manager:
Ramiro Carbajo del Río.
Production:
12.500 bottles.
Viticulture:
Made with tinta de toro grape from very gently cared vineyards of 5 hectares, located in a village called Morales de Toro in the territorial región of Zamora, at 705 metres of altitude.
2015, a year with slightly higher temperatures than expected. After a winter with milder low temperatures, spring was characterised by stormy weather and high temperatures that led to early budding. An early summer heat wave and more storms gave way to an autumn with moderate temperatures that allowed the small grapes to mature adequately.
Soil:
Sediments of sandstones, clays and limestones, with boulders on surface. Low content of organic material and an unbalanced on acidit and pH.
Vineyard age:
88 years.
Pruning system:
Goblet.
Grape harvest:
30th of September, on 15kgs boxes.
Grape variety:
Tinta de Toro.
Packaging
Format:
6 bottles/cardboard box.
Pre-fermentation process
Duration:
4 days.
Temperature:
8ºc.
Alcoholic Fermentation:
Duration:
8 days with native yeasts.
Temperature:
24ºC reaching 30ºC during a few hours.
Malolactic Fermentation:
Barrels:
In new French oak barrels with inoculation of lactic bacteria.
Barrel aging
Capacity:
225 litros.
Moment of usage:
New barrels, we change them every year.
Type of oak:
French 100%.
Oak grain size:
Very fine.
Roast:
Medium.
Aging:
15 months.
Switches:
Four.
Physical-chemical properties:
Alcoholic strength by volume:
15%.
Total acidity content:
5,6 gr/l.
Residual sugar:
<2g/l.
pH:
3,7.
Clarification:
Without clarifying.
Filtration
No filtration.