Bierzo Varietals
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Your package will arrive at your doorstep within4 - 16 days
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The courier will pick up your order and deliver it straight to your door
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Your package will arrive at your doorstep within4 - 16 days
Cantariña will receive and pack your order (1 - 4 days)
The courier will pick up your order and deliver it straight to your door
What's in your box?
Winemaker's notes
La Tintorera comes from the grapes of a very small plot close to 1/3 of Ha within Viña de los Pinos that our grandfather...Product details
- Country:
Spain- Region/Subregion:
- Castile and Léon/Bierzo
- Classification:
- VM
- Certification:
- None
- Grape:
- Alicante Bouschet (100%)
- Vintage year:
- 2018
- Color:
- Attractive dark colour, deep reddish purple characteristic of Alicante Bouschet.
- Aroma:
- Hint of black berries and garden herbs, tomato leaf and ink, it presents an acute fruity tone.
- Taste:
- Well balanced, it is an easy drinking wine despite its complexity and delicacy.
- Alcohol content:
- 12.5%
- Sweetness:
- Dry
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Best Served:
- 12 - 16 °C
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Aperitif
- Charcuterie
- Fish - fat
- Game
- Mushrooms
- Pasta / Pizza
- Pork
- Poultry
- Shellfish - flavored
- Shellfish - natural
Vinification, winemaker's own words
- Soil:
- Clay, Limestone
- Terroir:
- South facing hill on Paraje Las Gundiñas. Field blend of bush vines planted in 1944 with majority of Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet). Bush vines, dry farmed, regenerative organic farming, natural green cover, no tillage.
- Harvest:
- Picked by hand
- Fermentation:
- Steel (100%)
- Storage:
- Old oak (100%) 12 months
Spontaneous fermentation in steel tank. Pressed after 3 weeks and later aging in used French oak 225 l barrels for 12 months. No stabilization, light filtration at bottling. Additional 4 years aging in bottle.
Winemaker's notes
In 2016 we planted some 800 vines of Trousseau (local name Merenzao), a variety we had fallen in love with. On top of th...Product details
- Country:
- Spain
- Region/Subregion:
- Castile and Léon/Bierzo
- Classification:
- DO
- Certification:
- Organic
- Grape:
- Trousseau (100%)
- Vintage year:
- 2023
- Color:
- Pale red colour typical of Trousseau red wines.
- Aroma:
- Very fragrant showing plenty of flowers and ripe red fruits on the nose alongside rose pepper and other spices.
- Taste:
- Fresh feeling, very aromatic and complex, highlighting strawberries over pepper and other spices, balanced fruitiness and acidity. Elegant and sophisticated and very long on the palate.
- Alcohol content:
- 14%
- Sweetness:
- Dry
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Best Served:
- 11 - 15 °C
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Aperitif
- Charcuterie
- Cheese - goat cheese
- Cheese - mild and soft
- Mushrooms
- Pasta / Pizza
- Poultry
- Spicy food
- Vegetables
Vinification, winemaker's own words
- Soil:
- Clay, Limestone
- Terroir:
- South facing hill on clay and limestone soils. Trellised vines planted in 2016 born under organic farming. Dry farmed, natural green cover, no tillage.
- Harvest:
- Picked by hand
- Fermentation:
- Steel (100%)
- Storage:
- Old oak (100%) 11 months
Spontaneous fermentation of destemmed grapes. Pressing and FML before aging in used a 225 and a 500 l oak barrels. Not stabilized, light filtration at bottling. Only 935 bottles.
Winemaker's notes
Valdeobispo is a plot of almost 5 hectares close to Villafranca, on an historical privileged location for vine farming. ...Product details
- Country:
- Spain
- Region/Subregion:
- Castile and Léon/Bierzo
- Classification:
- DO
- Certification:
- None
- Grape:
- Mencia (100%)
- Vintage year:
- 2021
- Color:
- Dark purple colour.
- Aroma:
- It shows plenty of violet flowers and red fruits on the nose.
- Taste:
- Velvety feeling, round taste of raspberries and blackberries, balanced fruitiness and acidity showing pure mencía characteristics. Rich in tannins, very ample and lots of length on the palate that remains for long and invite to another taste...
- Alcohol content:
- 13.5%
- Sweetness:
- Dry
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Best Served:
- 12 - 16 °C
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Beef
- Cheese - mature and hard
- Game
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Pork
- Poultry
- Veal
Vinification, winemaker's own words
- Soil:
- Clay, Sand
- Terroir:
- South facing hilll on clay and sandy soils. Bush vines planted in 1903, organic regenerative dry farming, permanent natural green covers, no tillage.
- Harvest:
- Picked by hand
- Fermentation:
- Old oak (100%)
- Storage:
- Old oak (100%) 12 months
Spontaneous fermentation with 50% whole cluster and 50% destemmed grapes in 50 Hl used French oak vats. After pressing and malolactic fermentation the wine ages for 12m in 225 and 500 l used French oak barrels. No stabilization, light filtration at bottling.
Winemaker's notes
Our village Mencía wine that represents the town that gave birth to Cantariña. The identity of the century old vineyards...Product details
- Country:
- Spain
- Region/Subregion:
- Castile and Léon/Bierzo
- Classification:
- DO
- Certification:
- None
- Grape:
- Palomino Fino (6%), Mencia (94%)
- Vintage year:
- 2022
- Color:
- Medium-high layer with a burgundy bright colour
- Aroma:
- Red fruits, spices and forest notes over a well integrated oak.
- Taste:
- This village wine balances between its fruity character and the complexity and the structure from the old vineyards it comes from.
- Alcohol content:
- 13.5%
- Sweetness:
- Dry
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Best Served:
- 12 - 16 °C
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Beef
- Charcuterie
- Cheese - goat cheese
- Cheese - mature and hard
- Game
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Pork
- Poultry
Vinification, winemaker's own words
- Soil:
- Clay, Limestone, Sand
- Terroir:
- Village blend of 2 century old vineyards. Los Pinos is a North facing hill on clay soil co-plantated in 1910 with a field blend of 90% Mencía 10% Palomino. Valdeobispo is a South facing hill on clay and sandy soils planted in 1903 with Mencia. Bush vines, dry farmed, regenerative organic farming, natural green cover, no tillage.
- Harvest:
- Picked by hand
- Fermentation:
- Old oak (100%)
- Storage:
- N/A
Village blend of 2 century old vineyards. North facing hill wine is fermented with destemmed grapes and aged in used French oak 50 Hl vats. South facing hill wine is fermented with 50% whole bunch 50% destemmed grapes in used French oak 50 Hl vats and aged in 225 and 500 l used French oak barrels. Coupage is made after aging. Spontaneous fermentation, only addition of sulphites. No stabilization, light filtration at bottling.
Winemaker's notes
A white wine that seeks to express the potential of the Godello variety grown with the utmost respect in our vineyards o...Product details
- Country:
- Spain
- Region/Subregion:
- Castile and Léon/Bierzo
- Classification:
- DO
- Certification:
- Organic
- Grape:
- Godello (100%)
- Vintage year:
- 2024
- Color:
- Lively gold color, shiny and bright.
- Aroma:
- Good balance between its fruity style and the complexity and structure of barrel fermented white wines. Hints of apple, white flowers, and citrus notes over a well integrated oak.
- Taste:
- A long and round wine, gastronomic and showing the typical freshness of Bierzo wines. Good evolution once opened, adding hints of dried flowers and salinity.
- Alcohol content:
- 13.5%
- Sweetness:
- Dry
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Best Served:
- 7 - 12 °C
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Asian
- Charcuterie
- Cheese - goat cheese
- Cheese - mature and hard
- Cheese - mild and soft
- Fish - lean
- Fish - fat
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Party drink
- Pasta / Pizza
- Pork
- Poultry
- Shellfish - flavored
- Shellfish - natural
- Spicy food
Vinification, winemaker's own words
- Soil:
- Clay, Limestone
- Terroir:
- Village wine blending godello wines from 2 vineyards in Villafranca on South / Southeast facing hills on clay and calcaire clay soils. Dry farming, organic regenerative viticulture, permanent green covers, no tillage.
- Harvest:
- Picked by hand
- Fermentation:
- Old oak (100%)
- Storage:
- Old oak (100%) 11 months
Manual harvest, skin maceration in cold storage before pressing. Spontaneous fermentation in 225 and 500 l used French oak barrels where it stays in static aging on its lees. No stabilization, light filtration at bottling.
Winemaker's notes
Made with a blend of all our white grapes: Godello, Doña Blanca, Palomino and a touch of Malvasía grapes from both state...Product details
- Country:
- Spain
- Region/Subregion:
- Castile and Léon/Bierzo
- Classification:
- DO
- Certification:
- None
- Grape:
- Malvasia (2%), Dona Blanca (23%), Palomino Fino (35%), Godello (40%)
- Vintage year:
- 2021
- Color:
- Golden shiny and bright colour.
- Aroma:
- It opens to honey, white fruits, dried flowers and hint of apples and citrus over a subtle oak.
- Taste:
- Fresh and elegant in the mouth, with a crispy finish that reminds of the 4 grape varieties it is made of. Well bodied but fresh and with a very gentle passing through the palate thanks to its sharp acidity.
- Alcohol content:
- 13%
- Sweetness:
- Dry
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Best Served:
- 8 - 12 °C
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Aperitif
- Asian
- Cheese - goat cheese
- Cheese - mature and hard
- Cheese - mild and soft
- Fish - lean
- Fish - fat
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Poultry
- Shellfish - flavored
- Shellfish - natural
- Spicy food
- Vegetables
Vinification, winemaker's own words
- Soil:
- Clay, Limestone, Sand
- Terroir:
- Village blend co-fermenting white grapes from different vineyards in Villafranca. Dona Blanca, Palomino and Malvasia come from bush vines in Los Pinos West facing hill on clay soil planted in 1910 and Valdeobispo South facing hill on clay and sandy soils planted in 1903. Godello comes from a South facing hill in Los Pinos planted in 2016 on clay and limestone soil, trellised vines. All vineyards dry farmed, regenerative organic farming, natural green cover, no tillage.
- Harvest:
- Picked by hand
- Fermentation:
- Old oak (100%)
- Storage:
- Steel (100%) 12 months, Old oak (100%) 12 months
Manual harvest of all grapes simultaneously, 24h skin maceration in cold-storage before pressing. Spontaneous co-fermentation of the mixed juice in 225 and 500 l used French oak barrels where it stays for 12-month static aging on its lees. Additional 12 month aging in steel tank for natural clarification with natural winter cold. Light filtration, only addition of sulphites.
Cantariña
Cantariña La Tintorera
247,70 SEK / Bottle
Winemaker's notes
Product details
- Country:
- Spain
- Region/Subregion:
- Castile and Léon/Bierzo
- Classification:
- VM
- Certification:
- None
- Grape:
- Alicante Bouschet (100%)
- Vintage year:
- 2018
- Color:
- Attractive dark colour, deep reddish purple characteristic of Alicante Bouschet.
- Aroma:
- Hint of black berries and garden herbs, tomato leaf and ink, it presents an acute fruity tone.
- Taste:
- Well balanced, it is an easy drinking wine despite its complexity and delicacy.
- Alcohol content:
- 12.5%
- Sugar content:
- 3.1 g/l
- Acidity:
- N/A
- Sweetness:
- Dry
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Closure:
- Natural cork
- Best Served:
- 12 - 16 °C
Food pairings by the winemaker
Vinification, winemaker's own words
- Soil:
- Clay, Limestone
- Terroir:
- South facing hill on Paraje Las Gundiñas. Field blend of bush vines planted in 1944 with majority of Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet). Bush vines, dry farmed, regenerative organic farming, natural green cover, no tillage.
- Harvest:
- Picked by hand
- Fermentation:
- Steel (100%)
- Storage:
- Old oak (100%) 12 months
Spontaneous fermentation in steel tank. Pressed after 3 weeks and later aging in used French oak 225 l barrels for 12 months. No stabilization, light filtration at bottling. Additional 4 years aging in bottle.
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