Castro Ventosa Valtuille Cepas Centenarias 2014
Made In: Spain—Bierzo
Product Type: Red Wine
Bottle Size: 750mL
Alcohol/Vol: 14%
Sugar Content: 2G/L
Sweetness Descriptor: XD
VINTAGES#: 0339523
Program Type: Monthly Cellar Features
Following the subtle, elegant and floral profile of the vintage, the 2014 Valtuille Cepas Centenarias is always sourced from a south-facing vineyard in the Villegas zone of the village of Valtuille de Abajo, where the soils have a sandy texture and provide for fine, elegant wines. They used 100% full clusters for the fermentation in oak vats with indigenous yeasts, and then matured the wine in used 228-liter oak barrels. The oak does not have an aromatic role in any of the reds. This combines the floral with some characteristics, earthy and developing notes of cypress, smoked meat and a Rhôneish twist. It has some earthy tannins too, coupled with moderate alcohol and great freshness. This is one of the first vineyards to be harvested, as it ripens early, and has contained alcohol. This is a very regular wine, vintage after vintage. This has to be the finest vintage for this bottle. 3,500 bottles were filled in November 2016. Drink Date: 2017-2024. Score - 96. (Luis Gutiérrez, robertparker.com, Aug. 31, 2017)
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