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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
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Product details
About the wine and its characterCountry:
Spain
Region/Subregion:
Castile and Léon/Bierzo
Classification:
DO
Certification:
-
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%
Sugar content:
3.1 g/l
Acidity:
5.31
pH-value:
3.57
Sweetness:
Dry
Contains sulphite:
Yes
Volume:
750 ml
Closure:
Natural cork
Bottle:
Light glass
Best Served:
12 - 16 °C
Food pairing:
Beef, Cheese - mature and hard, Game, Lamb, Mushrooms, Pork, Poultry, Veal
Ageing potential:
0 - 20 years
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Beef
- Cheese - mature and hard
- Game
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Pork
- Poultry
- Veal
Vinification, winemaker's own words
Soils:
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
Winemaker:
Santi Ysart
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.
Recommended
This wine has been tasted and highlighted.
"Old organic vines, ruby wine fragrant with red berries, violets and a hint of earth,the kind of light-footed style that makes Mencía one of Spain's most underrated grape"