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Cantariña
Bierzo Varietals
A range of 6 different wines made from all Bierzo grape varietals!
Winemaker's notes
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
Product details
About the wine and its characterCountry:
Spain
Region/Subregion:
Castile and Léon/Bierzo
Classification:
DO
Certification:
-
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%
Sugar content:
3.6 g/l
Acidity:
5.91
pH-value:
3.15
Sweetness:
Dry
Contains sulphite:
Yes
Volume:
750 ml
Closure:
Natural cork
Bottle:
Light glass
Best Served:
8 - 12 °C
Food pairing:
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
Ageing potential:
0 - 15 years
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
Soils:
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
Winemaker:
Santi Ysart
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.