2023 Cantalapiedra Viticultores 'El Espejo', Castilla y Leon, Spain O Estranxeiro finishes tart

finishes tart

grapes are hand harvested

natural sparkler from Hiroto & Rie Sasaki’s micro-estate in Castiglione Tinella

000L foudre for alcoholic and malolactic fermentation before racking into smaller

- Vinification: 8 days destemmed maceration

2023 Cantalapiedra Viticultores 'El Espejo', Castilla y Leon, Spain O Estranxeiro finishes tart100% Verdejo, vines planted in 1999 by Issac (Manuels dad). 750m elevation Manuel notes that it has a really singular soil. It has much less pebbles than usual and also a higher proportion of clay which translates in a much cooler soil. A layer of marl & limestone is found at only 40cm from the surface which gives a higher calcareous character to the wine Fermentation and aging for 11 moths in French & Austrian casks, and additional 7 months in steel