4 Monos Albillo is a white wine produced by the winery 4 Monos Viticultores in Cadalso de los Vidrios, D.O. Vinos de Madrid.
4 Monos Viticultores is the project of Laura Robles, Javier García, David Moreno and David Velasco. These four friends from Madrid decided to start making their own wines, taking advantage of the orography of the mountain range Sierra de Gredos and being aware of the importance of having good vines to produce a high-quality wine. The first vintage, from 2010, was already a great sign. Now, their wines get even more recognition year after year.
4 Monos Viticultores cultivate their vines with utmost care, with a vine growing process that respects the environment, avoiding the use of herbicides, and using organic manure when necessary. This is the only way in which their wines can express the pureness of the variety and the character of the terroir.
4 Monos Albillo is a wine made from Albillo, from a vineyard located in the site Lancha los Huertos, in Cadalso de los Vidrios. This vineyard, which is over 90 years old, is planted at 800 metres of altitude on sandy-granitic soils. It is cultivated organically.
They are manually harvested and placed in 10kg boxes. Grapes are selected in the vineyards. Once the grapes arrive at the winery, they are destemmed and macerated without stomping. Fermentation takes place in used 300 and 500-litre oak barrels, where the wine is also aged on its fine lees for 10 months.