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Castro Ventosa Valtuille El Rapolao 2019
Castro Ventosa Valtuille El Rapolao 2019
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Valtuille El Rapolao, like the rest of the single vineyard wines, has not been bottled separately since 2015. This wine comes from the coolest plot in Valtuille, as this plot has to wait a whole hour longer for the sun than the rest of the vineyards in the village. The wine was harvested early and matured exclusively in 500 liter oak barrels, and it has lower alcohol than previous vintages from the same field. The wine is floral and refined with plenty of depth and complexity.
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Country
Spain
Region
Castile and León
Vintage
2019
Classification
Bierzo DO
Grapes
Mencía |
Alicante Bouschet |
Aglianico
Bottle size
75 cl
Alcohol
11 %
Cork type
Cork
Critic reviews
96+
Robert Parker
Luis Gutiérrez
The 2019 Valtuille El Rapolao, now a Vino de Paraje, fermented with 100% full clusters with a long maceration and matured in well-seasoned, neutral 500-liter oak barrels (which might be eight years old now), the modus operandi for all of the single-vineyard reds. It's perfumed and heady, as it comes from a plot that also has some fruit trees, in a v-shape, planted along with some 8% Malvasía grapes that have been added since 2018 and have given it finesse. It's more exuberant on the nose, something that seems to define this wine that is quite unique and different from its siblings. It's medium-bodied with around 13% alcohol; winemaker César Márquez feels that when these wines are riper than 13.5% they are too rustic. 1,200 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2020.
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