UBE Miraflores 2023 | Cota 45

Name: UBE Miraflores 2023 | Cota 45
Brand: Cota 45
SKU: 659
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Cota 45, Marco de Jerez (Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Miraflores pago). Four vineyards: two in Miraflores Alta (toscas cerradas and barajuelas with greater structure) and two in Miraflores Baja, near El Carrascal (lentejuelas, polvillejos and lustrillos). 100% Listán Blanco.

Whole-cluster pressing at low yield. The must is transferred to an old manzanilla cask for spontaneous fermentation without temperature control. Aged 9 months in the same cask.

UBE Miraflores is a white wine produced by Cota 45, located in Sanlúcar de Barrameda within the Marco de Jerez area of Andalucía, Spain. The 2023 vintage is classified under the IGP Cádiz designation and originates specifically from Pago Miraflores. This single-variety wine is crafted exclusively from Listán Blanco grapes.

The vineyards are divided into two distinct zones that contribute to the wine’s complexity. Two of the four plots are situated in Miraflores Alta, characterized by toscas cerradas and barajuelas, albariza soils of greater structure. The remaining two plots lie in Miraflores Baja, near El Carrascal, where the soil consists of lentejuelas, polvillejos, and lustrillos.

Winemaking begins with the careful pressing of whole grape clusters at low yields. Following extraction, the must is transferred to an old sherry butt (bota de manzanilla) for spontaneous fermentation without temperature control. The wine undergoes a nine-month aging period in this same old sherry butt.

As a white wine from this specific terroir, UBE Miraflores reflects the unique saline and mineral influences of the Sanlúcar region. The combination of different soil types and the traditional use of an old sherry cask for both fermentation and aging suggests a profile rooted in local tradition and natural winemaking practices. The spontaneous fermentation and lack of temperature control further emphasize the expression of the vintage and the specific characteristics of the Miraflores terroir.

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The winery's name is a contour line. Forty-five metres above sea level is where Ramiro Ibáñez places the albarizas that interest him, and that is where Cota 45 came from. In the Marco de Jerez between fifteen and twenty different types of albariza are distinguished.

Ramiro Ibáñez is from Sanlúcar de Barrameda. He studied oenology, spent three years working around the world and came home in 2009; in 2012 he set up the winery. His wines come under three labels — UBE for the biologically aged, Agostado for the oxidative and Pandorga for the sweet — and they come from specific Sanlúcar pagos: Miraflores, Carrascal and Maina.

They are vinos de pasto: still wines with no added alcohol, as they were made in the Marco through the nineteenth century before the practice was abandoned early in the twentieth. The strength was raised in the vineyard — low yields, late picking, sun-drying the fruit — and not in the cellar. In nineteenth-century price lists these wines cost more than the fortified ones, precisely because of what it took to work them that way.

UBE Miraflores comes from four vineyards: two in Miraflores Alta, on tosca cerrada and barajuela with more structure, and two in Miraflores Baja, near El Carrascal, on lentejuela, polvillejo and lustrillo. It is 100% Listán Blanco.

Whole bunches are pressed at low yield, the must is racked into an old manzanilla butt where it ferments on its own with no temperature control, and it ages nine months in that same butt.

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