J BELMONTE
Ribera DEL DUERO, SPAIN
ABOUT J BELMONTE
Winemaker, Javier Pérez Ruiz de Vergara, has been making award winning wines for more than 25 years. The vineyards are located in Fuentelcésped at approximately 2,800 feet altitude. Their limestone rich soils provide excellent growing conditions for the native Tinto Fino. About 70% of the vineyards were planted in the nineties, while 30% are older vines, including some ungrafted pre-phylloxera vines (the oldest one is from 1865).
The winery practices biodynamic farming. The grapes are hand-harvested and allowed to ferment spontaneously with the native yeasts from the Estate. All the work at the winery is done by gravity, without any pumps or pipes. No winemaking additives are used. Fermentation takes place in concrete tanks (10,000 L) and French oak vats (8,000 L). Aging is done in concrete or French oak barrels, depending on the wine. The wines are very lightly fined or filtered.
