CASTRO VALDES

CASTRO VALDÉS

Tasting Notes

Type of wine D.O.

Location

Variety Vineyard

Vintage 2017

Alcoholic Content Aging Process Type of bottle Elaboration

Production

Colour Scent

Taste

Single Varietal white
Rias Baixas (Ulla Subarea)

Camanzo. Vila de Cruces. Pontevedra. Galicia. Spain

100% Albariño (10 - 20 years old vines)

7 ha in Fornotilleiro lands / Southwest Exposure/ Soil (clay, granitic rock, rich in iron and quartz)

Rainy and mild Spring. Rainy and cold Summer. Late maturing.
End of the harvest: 15th October.

13% vol. Stainless steel Bordelaise 75cl

Manual selection of grapes during the harvest. Destemmed. Cold settling (8h at 8oC). Pressed 2atm. Controlled fermentation in stainless steel tanks.

40.000 bottles

Lemon yellow with greenish hints, clean and brilliant.

Intense and complex reminds to white fruit (apple, grapefruit), floral scent (jasmine) Nice hints to fresh herbs.

Well structured, tasty, oily, with fruit volume, fresh well balanced and persistent.