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    Cantayano Blanco - Verdejo

    Type of wine
    type of wineWit
    Country
    Grape variety
    Verdejo
    Ageing
    Tank van beton / cement
    Vintage
    Vinification
    Kneuzen, schilweking, persen, vergisting in deels een eikenhouten vat en deels staaltank met het natuurlijke gist

    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' | 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 

    Lekkere smaakvolle wijn, niet typisch Rueda, maar gewoon heel erg goed gemaakt! 

    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 2021 Cantayano is their entry-level white from different vineyards in their village La Seca. The aim is to show the naked Verdejo grape with no makeup and showing the climate and soil. 2021 was one of the coldest years in recent times, but mildew decimated the crop, which resulted in an early harvest starting at the end of August. It fermented in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts and matured with the lees in tank for six to eight months. It was also a year of mildew and low yields, and the wine finished with 13.8% alcohol but has very good lemony freshness and acidity. All of the whites have full malolactic, which is a little unusual in the zone, but it's the result of working with low sulfur and doing a somewhat oxidative vinification. It's expressive, varietal (with textbook notes of freshly cut grass), faintly balsamic and clean, developing notes of aniseed with time in the glass. It has volume and ripe flavors—Verdejo can give powerful wines—with a gentle texture and a tasty finish. 28,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2022. 91+/100 Luis Gutiérrez

    The Cantalapiedra family is in the heart of Rueda, in the village of La Seca, but like many small producers, they sell their wines with the wider Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y León appellation despite the fact that they are textbook whites from Rueda. They started bottling their own wine in 2014, as before they sold all their grapes. They now produce wines from a great part of their 21 hectares of vineyards, worked organically for over 15 years already, and they still sell the rest of the grapes to other wineries in the region, something that they stopped in 2022. They have bought some more vineyards of ancient ungrafted vines in Alcazarén, Hornillos de Eresma and Toro, where they also purchase some grapes. They produce 95,000 bottles per year.