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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:
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%
Sugar content:
3.4 g/l
Acidity:
5.4
pH-value:
3.49
Sweetness:
Dry
Contains sulphite:
Yes
Volume:
750 ml
Closure:
Natural cork
Bottle:
Light glass
Best Served:
12 - 16 °C
Food pairing:
Beef, Charcuterie, Cheese - goat cheese, Cheese - mature and hard, Game, Lamb, Mushrooms, Pork, Poultry
Ageing potential:
0 - 15 years
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Beef
- Charcuterie
- Cheese - goat cheese
- Cheese - mature and hard
- Game
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Pork
- Poultry
Vinification, winemaker's own words
Soils:
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:
-
Winemaker:
Santi Ysart
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.