DESCRIPTION
Fact sheet
Winery: Compañía de Vinos del Atlántico
Brand: Atlántida
Designation: IGP Cádiz
Type: Red wine
Vintage: 2017
Alcohol: 13,5%
Type of grapes: 100% Tintilla
Time of ageing: 12 moths in French oak barrels.
Vineyard and elaboration
The vineyard is worked organically, without chemicals or systemic products and a less common viticulture in the Jerez area. Fermentation takes place in French oak barrels with this area own yeasts, then it ages in oak barrels for 12 months. Then it finishes with 5 more months of fermentation in stainless steel tanks, to get stabilisation and refinement.
Winery
The Compañía de Vinos del Atlántico winery was founded in 2002 to continue the family winemaking tradition of Alberto Orte (pioneer in recovering this variety) and Patrick Mata, its founders. Both families have been producing wine independently throughout Spain since the late 1800s.
Today, they produce wine in 18 different designations within the Iberian Peninsula.
Their main aim is to produce handcrafted wines that express the identity of their place of origin.
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