Red Wine Pago de los Capellanes Un Sueño en las Alturas 2020

The endearing red wine Pago de los Capellanes Un Sueño en las Alturas takes a path seldom explored in DO Ribera del Duero: one in which oak ageing, instead of being an end in itself, is subservient to terroir expression.

Produced by bodega Pago de los Capellanes, this varietal Spanish red wine is sourced from old Tinto Fino vines 50 to 60 years old, located in Fuentenebro, Pardilla and Honrubia, at altitudes between 900 and 1,200 metres above sea level. Farmed following environmentally friendly techniques, the vines are grown in poor clayey soils with deep layers of gneiss and quartz.

Once in the cellar, the grapes were cold-macerated for three days before fermenting with native yeasts in stainless steel tanks under controlled temperature, with periodic pump-overs. After being transferred into French oak vats, this red wine from Ribera del Duero went through a spontaneous malolactic fermentation and was aged on its lees for 12 months.

Finally, the red wine Pago de los Capellanes Un Sueño en las Alturas 2020 was bottled unfined.

Decant this Crianza red wine 1 hour before drinking.