Castile and Léon, Spain
- Body
- Acidity
- Tannin
- Fruitiness
- Oak
- Style
- Firm & powerful
- Red berries
- Dark berries
- Pairs with
- Beef
- Mature and hard cheese
- Game
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Pork
- Poultry
- Veal
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About this wine
Valdeobispo is a plot of almost 5 hectares close to Villafranca, on an historical privileged location for vine farming. Planted in 1910 it is no doubt one of the grand crús in Bier...
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Beef
- Mature and hard cheese
- 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.
Meet the wine maker
Santi YsartAbout the wine and its character
- Country:
- 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 g/l
- pH-value:
- 3.57
- Sweetness:
- Dry
- Contains sulphite:
- Yes
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Closure:
- Natural cork
- Bottle:
- Light glass
- Best Served:
- 12 - 16 °C
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Meet the winemakers behind Cantariña Valdeobispo
Information provided directly by the winery.
Information
- Winery
- Cantariña
- Founding year
- 2015
- Farming area
- 12 ha
- Production
- 30,000 bottles/year
Cantariña is a small family winery in the DO Bierzo, in the green NW of Spain. We farm our family legacy vineyards under regenerative organic viticulture, respecting the ecosystem and soils to produce a range of terroir-driven wines from our local grape varieties.
Meet Cantariña