Miquel Jané Baltana Selecció 2017

Baltana Selecció is a red wine aged coupage of Cabernet Sauvignon (60%) and Merlot (40%) from the vineyards located in the Cal Costas estate with an age of 10 years.

TASTING NOTE
Middle layer wine with a tonalities of ripe cherry, denoting a wine with a good life inside the bottle. On the nose light touch of wood, made up with the aromas of very ripe red fruit, with shades of herbs of low-forest, balsamic and very fresh. While in the mouth it emphasizes its rounded tannin and the excellent combination between the fruit and the wood of the barrel.

ELABORATION
Harvested by machine at dawn, it arrives fresh early in the morning, still dark in the cellar. Skidding and direct deposit to the self-emptying tank. Pre-fermentative maceration of 1 day and quite cold, with remounts to extract the maximum of fruit aromas. Maceration-fermentation of about 12-15 days according to the vintage, to extract all the qualities of the skin. Minimum bleeding and pressing of skins, according to tasting. Repose in stainless where it will make the malolactic. After the malolactic, it is put in barrels.

AGING
It ages 12 months in French and American oak barrels, plus one year in the bottle.

PAIRING
Ideal to combine with grilled lamb ribs, with xató, all kinds of sausages, cured sheep's cheeses, picadillo de la Cerdanya or game meat.