MEDITERRANEAN MOUNTAIN WINE
Finca Calvestra
Finca Calvestra is the fruit of an intensive effort to reestablish the Merseguera grape – an indigineous variety that was once on the brink of extinction.
100% MERSEGUERA
CALCAREOUS SOIL
900m ALTITUDE
The Calvestra estate is located in Requena, at an altitude of 900m. Vines composed of Merseguera shoots grafted onto old Bobal rootstock. Vineyard soil composed of loam and clay rock with high chalk content. Traditional viticulture employed, using a strictly non-irrigated gobelet system.
Manual harvest using 15kg boxes. Average yield per hectare of 4.200 kg.
100% Merseguera
De-stemming carried out on cluster sorting table followed by gentle crushing. Soft pressing producing own grape must. Fermented in 225l tanks with native yeast.
(*) Properties might differ slightly according to the values of each particular harvest.
2014
• The Wine Advocate: Finca Calvestra 2012 – 90 points
• Guía Peñín: Finca Calvestra 2012 – 94 points
2015
• The Wine Advocate: Finca Calvestra 2013 – 91 points
• Guía Proensa: Finca Calvestra 2013 – 93 points
• Guía Peñín: Finca Calvestra 2013 – 93 points
2016
• The Wine Advocate: Finca Calvestra 2014 – 90 points
2017
• The Wine Advocate: Finca Calvestra 2015 – 90 points
• Guía Peñín: Finca Calvestra 2014 – 91 points
• Decanter: Finca Calvestra (95 points) – Gold
2018
• Guía Peñín: Finca Calvestra 2015 – 90 points
2019
• The Wine Advocate: Finca Calvestra 2016 – 92 points
