THE DAVID BOWIE OF OUR WINERY, SUBTLE AND ELEGANT AND AT THE SAME TIME INTENSE AND PROVOCATIVE.
Viticulture
The grapes for El Camaleón come from five small vineyards, all of them between 700 m and 1.000 m in altitude, in Santo Pitar, Corumbela and Sedella. The soils are mostly slate and black phyllites.
The Romé grapes are located in small plots or in vineyards that are interspersed with Muscat to promote pollination, which means that production is reduced.
Varieties
Romé: The only autochthonous red variety of Málaga, of which there are very few hectares and with most of them found in the Axarquía. A chameleonic grape where on the same vine we can find uncolored bunches along with partial and full veraison ones. They produce pale coloured wines that are intense in the mouth and with a fresh and very peculiar aromatic profile.
Harvest
The harvest is done by hand and the grapes are collected in small boxes that are loaded onto the mules used to take them up the narrow steep paths of the vineyards. As a peculiarity of the Axarquía, each bunch is checked in the vineyard and then carefully placed in the box with the stems facing up. It is the later harvested grapes that end up at the winery. A few weeks before harvest, the most compact and unripened bunches are cut, to ensure better maturation of the ones that remain on the vine.
Winemaking
Production takes place in lightly toasted wooden vat, which helps to stabilize the colour and not mask the varietal aromas. After spontaneous fermentation is complete the must remains with the skins for several weeks until pressing. Malolactic fermentation takes place in the same vat and it is aged for 10 months on its lees.