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Cantayano Blanco - Verdejo (24)
Verdejo | 30+ jaar oude stokken | 3 verschillende wijngaarden | stenig terroir bij La Seca | 750 meter hoogte | latere pluk voor meer rijpheid en kleur in de wijn | koude inweking met de schillen voor zes uur 'maceration peliculair' in rvs | 90% vergist op staaltank en 10% op nieuw Frans eikenhout | rijping 6 maanden op betonnen vaten | volle witte wijn | smokey | toast | zoethout | perzik | fijne zuren
Isaac Cantalapiedra
De familie Cantalapiedra bezit ongeveer 20 hectare in het gebied la Seca, op 750 meter hoogte en ten hoogte van Madrid. Manuel maakt deel uit van de huidige generatie en heeft een duidelijke visie; rijpere stijl Verdejo van biologische druiven. Daarnaast hebben ze drie single vineyards genaamd: 'Chiviritero', 'Los Picones' en 'La Otea' en sinds kort is hij ook begonnen met een project in Toro waar hij met de inheemse druif Tinto de Toro een hele fraaie rode wijn maakt. Inmiddels is de hele serie in ons assortiment en bijna niet meer weg te denken in de topgastronomie.
Review
The village white 2022 Cantayano comes from a very warm and dry year and was produced with grapes from different vineyards in their village of La Seca, produced without any makeup, with moderate ripeness, 13% alcohol and a pH of 3.28. It fermented in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts and matured in stainless steel for seven months with only 10% of the volume put in French oak barrels for that time. They got good yields in 2022, which compensated the natural concentration of the year. Furthermore, the vines got blocked and the alcohol levels didn't go up. The wine is quite fresh, expressive, nuanced and complex. This lot was not clarified, but the wine is quite clean naturally (none of the wines are filtered) and went through malolactic (like all the whites here). It's very tasty, almost salty, full of energy and life. Surprisingly and against all odds, this is the finest vintage to date. 5,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2023. 92/100 Luis Gutiérrez
Cantalapiedra Viticultores is a family winery that was created in the village of La Seca in Rueda in 2014 in which two generations are working already. The winemaker is the young Manuel Cantalapiedra, who has also started a personal project. Most of their vines are in their village, 21 hectares planted with Verdejo. They have also bought some old, ungrafted vines, 0.4 hectares of 80-year-old vines in Alcazarén, 1.5 hectares of vines in Hornillos de Eresma and one hectare in Matapozuelos and 2.6 hectares on Toro. They have also rented old Garnacha in Villafranca del Duero and in Palacios Rubios, close to Arévalo, and they also work a centenary plot of Garnacha. So, they work a total of 30 hectares. Production is around 140,000 bottles. All of the wines are sold without appellation of origin, as Vino Varietal, like table wine where you can use vintage and variety.
2021 was a cooler year, but they don't want to talk about cold years anymore, so let's say a "normal" year of wines with more precision and freshness. 2022 was the warmest year they remember since they started in 2014. But the result is much better than expected; they got moderate alcohol because the plants got blocked, and they have the lowest alcohol in their wines ever. All of the wines are certified organic, all of the whites go through full malolactic, they use as little sulfur as possible, and none of the wines are filtered.
