2007

Turó d’en Mota

The 2007 vintage represents the distillation of power, with highly expressive fruits and vibrant acidity that attest to the almost infinite ageing potential of this authentic terroir wine. Elegant and full of life,
Turó d’en Mota 2007 displays the character of a vintage shaped by a warm winter and a singularly rainy spring.

n a perfect balance between delicacy and intensity, the Xarel·lo variety emerges as the protagonist of a unique vintage that seeks to offer, first and foremost, the possibility of enjoying a landscape and territory through the mirror of time.

2007 HARVEST

  • Ideal ripening point and harvest: August 30th, 2007
  • Manual harvest
  • Annual production of the vineyard: 6,550 kg of grapes
  • 4,539 bottles, all numbered

METEOROLOGY

  • Average temperature in 2006/2007 season: 16.6ºC
  • Historical average temperature: 15.5 ºC
  • Rainfall from October 2006 to September 2007: 330 mm.
  • Historical average rainfall in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia: 528 mm.

AGEING

  • Long ageing of a minimum of 145 with natural cork stopper
  • Riddling by hand in traditional racks
  • Manual disgorging without freezing the neck of the bottle
  • Vinification, wine-making and ageing in Recaredo

PRESENTATION

Serve in a tall cup in the form of tulip, broad base and slightly closed upper part.

CONSERVATION

Keep this bottle at 15ºC to ensure a good evolution.

RECOMMENDATIONS

To appreciate all the complexity, we recommend opening the bottle a few minutes before and serving it around 10ºC

  • Turó d’en Mota is a way of explaining our history; it is a memory, a way of relating to each other, of getting to know one other. Above all, it is a chace to appreciate a landscape

    Ton Mata 3rd generation of Recaredo Family

Location and geology of the wineyard

  • The vineyard of Turó d’en Mota has 0.97 ha with north and northeast exposure. Only in the extraordinary harvests, such as 2007, is a part of the vineyard of 0.55 ha with Southeast exposure.
  • Grounds of limestone texture (balance of sand, slime and clay) and very calcareous nature. They are treated with deep and well-drained soils, with moderate water storage capacity.
  • Very evolved soils due to the presence of a calcium horizon with important accumulations of carbonates in the form of nodules, that is, stones formed from concentrations of lime. They have an active limestone of 14%, which makes them extremely calcareous soils.
  • Organic matter of 1.5% (very low) and soil pH of 8.5 (very basic).