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Malumbres Reserva:
Same premises of work as with the Crianza. Malumbres Reserva is aged in barrel 12-18 months and after bottling remains in the Bodega at least 24 months. A more powerful and intense Wine than the Crianza but also complex and with a good assembly and balance of fruit and oak.
The vineyards of Bodegas Vicente Malumbres were planted by Vicente Malumbres Hernando from 1940 to 1990 and they are the base of the Malumbres Wines. Malumbres bring in small quantities of grapes or Wines from regular suppliers to complement their own production. The Malumbres vineyards thanks to its clay, limestone and gravel soils produce Wines of excellent quality. The diversity of the soils together with the varying exposure of the vines to sunshine, gives each estate its individual character, leading to differences in character in the grapes and eventually in the tasting characteristics in each wine..
The objective of Bodegas Vicente Malumbres´ viticultural policy is to produce grapes of the highest possible quality which will reflect in the quality of its wines. This objective has led to the development of viticultural techniques which treats the environment with the greatest possible care. No mineral fertilizers are used and only organic matter in the form of mature sheep manure is periodically applied.
Herbicides are not used under any circumstances for the control of weeds. Regular manual weeding and hoeing are therefore carried out, guaranteeing that none of our Wines we produce carry any risk of residues resulting from chemical herbicide spray treatments.The main compound used for fungicidal disease control (powdery mildew) is sulphur.
The ripening process is one of the most crucial processes in the vineyards,and we make a strict following of it in order to determine the optimum moment to harvest.
From the second half of August until the moment the grapes are picked, samples of grapes are taken from the vineyard. The following parameters are analysed in the laboratory: probable alcohol content, pH, total acidity, potassium, total anthocyanins, easily extractable anthocyanins,total polyphenols, colour intensity, tannins, weight of berries.