La Fleur Vivaltus 2017 (3 Bottles) Vivaltus - (Curiel de Duero, Valladolid) D.O.: Ribera del Duero Ribera del Duero Vintage Rating 2017: VERY GOOD 94 pts. Guía Peñin 94 pts. Tim Atkin 91 pts. Robert Parker Wine Advocate "ASSEMBLY Tempranillo VINEYARDS FUENTENEBRO: Abundant red clay with presence of decomposed granite. Altitude: between 900 and 1000 meters above sea level. Vines between 80 and 100 years old. Balanced grape, with good natural acidity and an uncommon elegance. LA AGUILERA: Sandy and calcareous-clay soils surrounded by pine forests and undergrowth. Altitude: 840 - 870 meters above sea level. Vines between 70 and 90 years old. Grapes that provide elegance, freshness and great fruit expression. OTHER PLOTS: Gumiel de Izán, Anguix, Moradillo de Roa, Peñafiel and Curiel de Duero. SUSTAINABLE management. WINEMAKING Individual vinification of the plots using GRAVITY throughout the process. Manual selection in the vineyard and optical selector in the winery. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts and MINIMUM INTERVENTION. AGING 11 MONTHS in extra-fine grain French oak barrels. 20% new barrels. PROFILE Wine elaborated by our winemaker MONTXO MARTÍNEZ with the advice of the great French winemaker JEAN-CLAUDE BERROUET. Profiled with the objective of FRESHNESS, FINENESS AND ELEGANCE; instead of over-ripeness of the fruit, over-extraction or excessive concentration. Full of nuances that transport us to the vineyards where it was born. WINEMAKER'S COMMENTS VivaltuS is a new interpretation of Ribera del Duero where we can find elegance, freshness, liveliness, lots of fruit and finesse. With silky tannins and an enveloping texture that hides a long and tasty finish. We tried to strip the wine of unnecessary artifice, seeking fruit-wood balance, elegance and purity. A traditional but modern wine. A magnificent expression of what we want our Ribera del Duero wines to be."