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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.
About Cantariña
Information provided directly by the winery.
Information
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.