The Corona Estate
- A family owned and operated winery in the heart of Valle de Guadalupe, established in 2011, Corona del Valle works with 9 varieties of grapes all of which come from their organically farmed sustainably run vineyards.
- Focus is on monovarietals, with fastidious attention to detail in the vineyards and making very pure honest wines with no corrections.
- The winery is designed with the utmost orientation to sustainability with forward thinking elements such as a rooftop solar array that provides enough energy to run their entire operation, and buried drip irrigation lines to reduce loss from evaporation to almost zero.
Vineyard Details:
- Soil type: Decomposed sandstone and red clay
- Elevation: 1000 ft
- Vine age: vines planted in 2011
- Farmed organic (not certified)
Total Production: 9 wines (additional reservas in some vintages), 8,000 cases
2016 Malbec - Corona del Valle
Tasting Notes and Drinking Window:
A full-bodied red with structure and balance to age well for over a decade. Blackberry pie, vanilla, coco and tobacco carry the main profile while being accented by elements that remind of yerba mate, graphite and saddle leather. If consumed now, decant for 1 hour prior to serving.
500 cases made
Drinking window: Now - 15 years
Vintage:
2016
Blend:
100% Malbec
Producer:
Corona del Valle
Winemaker:
Jac Cole - American lives in Napa
Hector Corona - Mexican
Ricardo Espinoza - Mexican
Vineyards:
Valle de Guadalupe - Estate vineyards in the center of the valley at an elevation of 1,000 ft. Vines are 6 years old and planted in soil of decomposed sandstone mixed with red clay. While not certified, the vineyards are farmed organic.
Winemaking:
Fermentation occurred in stainless steel tanks with seeds and skins over a period of 4 weeks. After fermentation the wine was moved to French oak barrels (70% 2nd use, 30% 1st use) and aged for an additional 12 months.
Sulfites: 35 ppm
Farming:
Organic, sustainable
Alcohol:
13.8%
