Valtuille Cepas Centenarias 2018

Tinto crianza de B. y V. Castro Ventosa

97+ Parker

Variedades: 85% Mencía, 8% Alicante bouschet, 2% Bastardo, 5% otras variedades

Ponferrada (León) - D.O.: Bierzo

Capacidad: 75cl

Graduación: 13%

Elaboración: Envejecido durante 12 meses en barricas usadas de roble francés de 225L y 500L.

Notas en The Wine Advocate 

The floral 2018 Valtuille Cepas Centenarias is the next vintage after the 2015, as no 2016 or 2017 could be produced. This has a Northern Rhône nose that mixes violets and smoked meat, very showy. The palate is seamless and refined, with very fine, silky tannins. Like many of their wines, 2018 could very well be the finest vintage of this wine to date. This has much lower alcohol (13.2%) and more acidity. In 2018, they used all the white grapes from one of the plots, which could be a significant 6% of white grapes, and also some 5% Merenzao, so the wine is somewhat more fluid and nuanced. The two plots used for this wine are in the paraje of Matalospardos in Valtuille. This is the most complete and complex of the 2018s. 3,500 bottles and 36 magnums were filled in early May 2020.

Otras puntuaciones: 

Producción muy limitada a 3.500 botellas