VINA MEMORIAS Alkunya

ALKUNYA is a grand Mediterranean varietal white wine made from old Macabeo vines (Goblet trained system & strict rained farming), rooted in Calcareous-clay soils at 750 meters altitude above the sea level. It aged in 1000 liters Tinajas (Handcrafted Clay Jars), looking for maximum expression and strong typicty of our unique terroir.

ALKUNYA (Ladino): “Family name” … of noble birth

2020 Production:
2727 Standard Edition
17 Magnum Edition

*Paint of Gilbert Rigaud (Aix en Provence – FR 1912-2003) a visionary painter of the “crew of Bibemus”

Aging: 6 months in Tinaja (Clay Amphora Jar)
Vine age: 45 years old
Vineyard Training System: Gobelet – Low yield
Farming system: Strict Rainfed
Density per Ha: 1800 vines – very low yield
Soil type: Calcareous-Clay
Altitude: ave. 750m
Harvest: Manual & Selected – Mid-September
Appellation: DOP Utiel-Requena (Valencia)
Certification: Organic