WINTER TIME AND PEACEFUL DAYS
Winter is approaching – also here in Mallorca, although we still have daytime temperatures of more than 20°, and can enjoy cycling in short/short.
There is finally more peace in the winery. The harvest is well over, 2024 is fully fermented and the white and rosé wines rest in steel tanks and the red wines are transferred into wooden barrels to mature.
THE IMPORTANT WINTER PRUNING
In the vineyards, we are waiting for our dear vines to drop the last leaves and go into hibernation, after which we can start pruning them. This is a very important, but also time-consuming job, as we prune approx. 1 million branches annually manually with scissors. Since there is a risk that the branches contain spores of fungi or the like that can cause diseases, we collect all the branches and burn them.
Since we do not add natural organic matter to the soil to fertilize due to the risk of disease, we are working on alternative ways to restore the balance in our soils and thus create optimal conditions for the vines' growth in the coming season. One of the methods we use is to plant cover crops and this year we have chosen to plant beans, vetch and oats.
FAVOURITE WORK IN THE CELLAR
In the wine cellar, we have about a month ago tasted all our barrels with 2023 red wines and decided how to put together the 2023 redwines - we have thus completed our new Randa 157°, Sa Rateta 334°, Alfabia 315° and Teix 296° - and again this year chosen to make a total of 3 "Barrel Selection" wines - all these wines you will hear more about soon.
NEW 2023 RED WINES ON THE WAY - BUT A BIT SLOWER THAN USUALLT
The now "blended" wines have been moved from the wooden barrels to steel tanks to rest before bottling.
However – and after difficult considerations - we have decided not to send these very young wines out until they have had proper time to find harmony in the bottle.
We usually rush and stress to get these wines out to you before Christmas, only to ask you to wait several months before you can enjoy them. We don't think that's the right way. Neither for you, nor for our wines, which we work hard throughout their lives to provide the very best conditions. It therefore makes no sense to stress them through the last process with us before they "fly from the nest". We would much rather give them the best treatment and let them mature optimally before we send them off to you.
So, the consequence is that in the future, (this year is the first time), we only send out our red wines when we think they are ripe to drink.
So, you will unfortunately have to wait until next year to taste our new wonderful 2023 red wines.
But of course, we don't want to leave you "dry" over Christmas, so if you need some good bottles from us to sweeten the beautiful Christmas days, go into the "shop" and look at the packages we have put together.
Our 2022 red wines are now perfectly ripe and delicious, and ditto are our 2023 white wines.
We have made it possible to mix a 6 bottle box, with 2 x 3 different wines. So, for example, you can make a pack of 2 Randa, 2 Sa Rateta and 2 Galatzo. It is just important that it ends up with a total of 6 bottles.
You can order here: CHRISTMAS WINES
FOR OUR BUSINESS CUSTOMERS
Since you have already paid for the Winter Package, you can choose either to receive 3 extra boxes of our 2022 red wines, or to be invoiced half price next year.
We know that this may come as bad news, as we know that many of you have been looking forward to tasting the new wines. But we have chosen to let the wines decide this time, and they would like to be allowed to grow up before they move away from home.
VISIT THE WINERY
Naturally, we do not have so many tours and tastings in the next few months, but if you are in Mallorca between Christmas and New Year, then we have a tour with tasting and nice tapas on 28/12. Write to us at info@binivista.com if you are interested in this.
We wish you all a very Merry "Pre-Christmas" from beautiful Mallorca,
