Venus La Universal Dido Blanc 2018

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Venus La Universal Dido Blanc

Venus La Universal Dido Blanc. 50% Macabeu, 40% Garnatxa Blanca and 10% Cartoixà (aka Xarel-lo) grown on various plots of up to 70 years of age on limestone. 20% of the grapes are macerated on the skins for 24 hours and the rest goes direct to press before native yeast fermentation. 30% is aged in 3000L clay amphora and 70% is aged in old wood vessels of 300-4000Lt for nine months.

A small part of the grapes are macerated with skin during 3/5 days in open barrels to make the starter (pie de cuba) to get native yeast. Another 20% is macerated with skin during 24h to 15 days depending on the varietal and the extraction we want to reach. The rest goes straight to the press.

It is aged in different volume barrels from 300l to 600l and a foudre of 5000l for 14 months.

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