Callejo Reserva 2006

Information on the 2006 vintage

The weather conditions throughout the year favoured the vines. Rain during the winter and spring helped bring about even shooting and flowering of the vines and setting of the fruit. The summer was dry and rather hot in July and August. The harvest came ahead of normal schedule at the end of September, as a result of good grape ripening. The grapes were picked in dry weather, and all the grapes were brought in to harvest reception in perfect health.

Vinification and ageing

The grapes come from various plots, selected for the ideal ripening to make this wine. The alcoholic fermentation, with native yeast, was begun at low temperatures, rising to 30°C at the end. The wine continued to macerate with the skins for a further two weeks. The wine was then run off into new and second-fill French oak barrels for the malo-lactic fermentation. The ageing was carried out in the same barrels for 18 months with rackings to clear the wine of its lees.

PRODUCTION

Bottled in May 2008.
40,760 bottles of 0.75l.
495 bottles of 1.5l.

PRESS

91 points CALLEJO Reserva 2005 Robert Parker.
93 points CALLEJO Reserva 2005 El Mundo.
92 points CALLEJO Reserva 2004 Robert Parker.
89 points CALLEJO Reserva 2003 Wine Sectator.
90 points CALLEJO Reserva 2002 Wine Spectator.
88 points CALLEJO Reserva 2002 Stephen Tanzer.
93 points CALLEJO Reserva 2001 Wine & Spirits.