VITICULTURE&WINEMAKING

VITICULTURE Bodega Numanthia is composed of 200 hectares (494 acres) of vines in the villages of Toro: Morales de Toro, Valdefinjas, Venialbo, El Pego and Argujillo. Vines are between 70 and 200 years-old; the un-grafted vines are goblet-trained to protect them from long periods of drought and extended sun exposure. The lack of rainfall and irrigation force vine roots to grow up to five meters into the earth to reach water. This deprivation results in low-yields with highly-concentrated,thick-skinnedfruit.Theaverageyieldis1,600lbsperacre(1,800kgperha).

WINEMAKING Each of the 150 plots are manually-harvested between the first weeks of September and early October, after they have been individually confirmed to be at their optimal maturity. Grapes are selected with an optical sorter and then see a 4-5 day period of cold prefermentative maceration. Extended maceration on the skins after fermentation in eithernewFrenchorneutralFrenchoakbarrelscreatealushtextureonthepalate.BodegaNumanthiafocuseson“infusion ratherthanextraction”toachievethebalanceofpowerandelegance.

Numanthia is a wine crafted to reflect the diversity of the Toro terroir and is blended from 100 plots. After 18 months in French oak, it is bottle aged at the winery for 5 years before release. Termanthia is an expression of the Tinta de Toro grape fromselectparcelsoftheiroldestvines.Itspends22monthsinFrenchoak,followedby5yearsofbottleaging.

Most of Numanthia’s vines are between 70 and 200 years-old. An exceptional plot of 4.8 hectares (10 acres) located in Argujillowasplantedmorethan 120 years ago, and some select vines have been dated as far backas200years.Localfamilies have cared for these plots for generations, and work closely with the team at Bodega Numanthia.