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  • Traditionally, this slight fizz derived from a production method whereby the first fermentation took place in open stone tanks, known as lagares , whereafter the wine was run off into a cask to undergo a secondary malolactic fermentation, which produces carbon dioxide.

    Iberia's Hidden Gems Will Lyons 2011

  • Originally, Fernández fermented his wines in concrete troughs called lagares better known for fermenting Vintage Port, but he quickly decided to build stainless-steel fermentation tanks, which were first used in 1982.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Originally, Fernández fermented his wines in concrete troughs called lagares better known for fermenting Vintage Port, but he quickly decided to build stainless-steel fermentation tanks, which were first used in 1982.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Originally, Fernández fermented his wines in concrete troughs called lagares better known for fermenting Vintage Port, but he quickly decided to build stainless-steel fermentation tanks, which were first used in 1982.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Originally, Fernández fermented his wines in concrete troughs called lagares better known for fermenting Vintage Port, but he quickly decided to build stainless-steel fermentation tanks, which were first used in 1982.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Originally, Fernández fermented his wines in concrete troughs called lagares better known for fermenting Vintage Port, but he quickly decided to build stainless-steel fermentation tanks, which were first used in 1982.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Originally, Fernández fermented his wines in concrete troughs called lagares better known for fermenting Vintage Port, but he quickly decided to build stainless-steel fermentation tanks, which were first used in 1982.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Originally, Fernández fermented his wines in concrete troughs called lagares better known for fermenting Vintage Port, but he quickly decided to build stainless-steel fermentation tanks, which were first used in 1982.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Originally, Fernández fermented his wines in concrete troughs called lagares better known for fermenting Vintage Port, but he quickly decided to build stainless-steel fermentation tanks, which were first used in 1982.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Originally, Fernández fermented his wines in concrete troughs called lagares better known for fermenting Vintage Port, but he quickly decided to build stainless-steel fermentation tanks, which were first used in 1982.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

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