Candio 2018

The Listán Negro vineyard that tends to deliver riper wines produced a 2018 Candio that kept a very civilized 12.4% alcohol and very good acidity parameters. Here, only 50% of the stems were used for the native fermentation in concrete, and the maceration was 20 days. It matured in a combination of used 500-liter barrel and a second use 2,500-liter oak foudre for 11 months. It always has a deeper color even if it goes more in the direction of La Solana starting in 2016. The fruit is darker, black rather than red and a slight touch of fountain pen ink and licorice, a bit toasty. The palate reveals more tannin and comes through as a little rustic. It needs powerful food and/or some more time in bottle. 4,100 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2019.