Castile and Léon, Spain
- Pairs with
- Aperitif
- Charcuterie
- Goat cheese
- Mature and hard cheese
- Mild and soft cheese
- Game
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Party drink
- Pork
- Poultry
- Veal
- Vegetables
Your package will arrive at your doorstep within 4 - 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
About this wine
Cherry red coloured, deep and shining, this wine shows red fruits and ripe roses on the nose. On the palate it shows lively acidity and soft tannins that play with flavours of red ...
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Aperitif
- Charcuterie
- Goat cheese
- Mature and hard cheese
- Mild and soft cheese
- Game
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Party drink
- Pork
- Poultry
- Veal
- Vegetables
Vinification, winemaker's own words
- Soils:
- Clay
- Terroir:
- Single plot wine from 2.6 hectares within Viña de los Pinos, Paraje Las Gundiñas, Villafranca del Bierzo. North facing, elevation 550-600m, clay soil. Goblet trained vines planted in 1910, maintaining traditional viticulture of the region.
- Harvest:
- Picked by hand
- Fermentation:
- Old oak (100%)
- Storage:
- Old oak (100%) 12 months
- Winemaker:
- Santi Ysart
Grapes destemmed and fermented in 50 HL oak vats, later aged for 12 months in a 50 HL oak vat
Meet the wine maker
Santi YsartAbout the wine and its character
- Country:
- Spain
- Region/Subregion:
- Castile and Léon/Bierzo
- Classification:
- -
- Certification:
- -
- Grape:
- Mencia 90%
Palomino 10% - Vintage year:
- 2021
- Color:
- Cherry red, deep and shining
- Aroma:
- Red fruits and ripe roses
- Taste:
- Lively acidity and soft tannins with flavours of red berries and forest, leading to a round and long finish showing minerality and earthiness like the clay its vines are planted on
- Alcohol content:
- 13.5%
- Sugar content:
- 3.1 g/l
- Acidity:
- 5.97 g/l
- pH-value:
- 3.68
- Sweetness:
- -
- Contains sulphite:
- Yes
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Closure:
- Natural cork
- Bottle:
- Light glass
- Best Served:
- 14 - 18 °C
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Meet the winemakers behind Cantariña Viña de Los Pinos
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