Fondillon Luis XIV Age Over 25 Years

Description

Fondillon Luis XIV Age Over 25 Years

Winery and Winemaking

 

Fondillon Luis XIV Age Over 25 Years, comes in a 50 cl bottle, with beech wood head cap.

Name of the Barrels: Cupido and La Cova de Pena

Total number of bottles: 800 bottles.

Blend from wines stored in our barrel room, and which are at least 25 years old.

The character of the Monastrell grape aged in old centenary barrels, without haste and in the silence of an ancestral winery.

 

Technical Data Sheet

 

Winery: Coleccion Toneles Centenarios

Brand: Fondillon Luis XIV

D.O.: Alicante

Type: Fondillon Wine (Not fortified)

Alcohol: 17% vol.

Aged: Over 25 years in oak barrels

Variety: 100% Monastrell

Volume: 50cl

 

Tasting and Pairing

 

Sight: Light brown color and orange tile rim, with medium intensity.

Nose: The warm aromas of dried fruits (hazelnuts, toasted marcona almonds) and very old noble wood stand out.

Mouth: It is almost dry, friendly and very enveloping. Its aromas of hazelnuts, cinnamon and dried figs are combined with the creamy toasts of centennial oak. Long and clean finish.

Pairing: Excellent for appetizers. For example: dried and salted tuna, blue cheeses or foie. Also, for deserts with nougat or sweets with almonds.

Service temperature: Between 16 – 18ºC

 

Awards and Scores

 

96 points in the Peñín Guide 2022.

 

The Winery

 

In the 60s, the centenary Bodegas Ferrero, in the municipality of La Cañada (Alicante), ceased its activity and as a result the family has been inheriting generation after generation what was left of it, an incredible room of centenary barrels in extraordinary conditions of conservation that have been brought to the present day. A set of very old soleras, unaltered for more than 60 years.

This great collection of barrels houses classic dry fondillones. But also sweet wines, typical of the characteristic style of Alto Vinalopó.

In this sub-zone of the Alicante Denomination of Origin, dessert wines achieved great fame and popularity during the 19th century.