Alto Horizonte Alto de la Cruz

D.O. Cebrebos

All of Aurelio's vineyards are located in Navatalgordo, in the heart of the Sierra de Gredos. Valley of the Alto Alberche, in the province of Avila.

100% Garnacha Tinta

Paraje El Sotillo, an estate with five vineyard sites planted with northern orientation

1932-1935

Traditional dry-farmed, biodynamic, manual viticulture. The vines are head-trained and the vineyards are plowed by horse.

Primarily granitic sandy soils resulting of the decomposition of the granite mother rock. Given the terraced nature of the plots used for Alto de la Cruz, the sites have accumulated significant quantities of silt between 50-100CM below the surface of the soil. The silty character of the soils, combined with the sand, impart a fluid and fresh character to the wine.

High altitude mountain continental climate

The clusters are sorted, and 100% whole clusters ferment spontaneously in concrete tanks. Pre-fermentative maceration for four to five days, and extraction is very gentle throughout the maceration. The wine is pressed in a vertical basket press and undergoes malolactic fermentation in 100% concrete tanks.

14 months in 100% concrete

The Alto Horizonte project is based in the village of Navatalgordo, in the province of Ávila, flanking the north and south banks of the Rio Alberche. The mountainous terrain creates one of the most unique and challenging geographies for cultivating vitis vinifera in all of Spain, which, combined with emigration from the region has resulted in a massive loss of old vineyards, and a total lack of new plantings. This is one of the coolest and highest altitude appellations for the cultivation of Garnacha in Spain. Alto de la Cruz is Aurelio Garcia's "premier cru," single estate wine blended from five states from the town of Navatalgordo.