San Cucufate Monasterio 2018

The 2018 San Cucufate Monasterio comes from the plot that names the wine, 1.6 hectares of Tempranillo planted in 1986 at 870 meters in altitude on clay and limestone soils. It fermented with 25% of the stems and indigenous yeasts in stainless steel and matured in the same way as the other two single-vineyard reds: some 10 months in used barrels and a further eight months in a 2,500-liter oak vat. These single-vineyard bottlings from 2018 seem to be evolving quite quickly: the colors are already showing some orange, the noses are developed with tertiary aromas and they have polished palates. 1,209 bottles and 80 magnums produced. It was bottled in March 2021. This wine was produced from the initial vintage, 2016, and the other two single-vineyard ones started in 2018. 2016 feels beautiful and ready to drink now, while the 2017 feels more evolved.