Cantalapiedra La Otea Verdejo 2021

Cantalapiedra La Otea Verdejo 2021

Cantalapiedra Viticultores
$90.00

Grape: Verdejo
Vintage: 2021
Type: White

Majuelo La Otea is 100% Verdejo from 150-year-old ungrafted vines planted on sandy soils in Villanueva de Duero. The grapes are hand-harvested and directly pressed and fermented in 600l French oak barrels, where it is aged for 11 months. Additional aging is in stainless steel tanks for a further 11 months, and the wine is then bottled unfined and unfiltered. One of the most stunning and compelling Verdejos we ever tried.

Cantalapiedra Viticultores is located in La Seca, a village in the heart of Spain's Rueda appellation. The estate is run by father-and-son team Isaac and Manuel Cantalapiedra, with Manuel, a classically trained pianist, now leading the winemaking. They are a vanguard of minimal intervention winemaking in a region dominated by conventional producers. While Rueda is known for a consistent style of Verdejo, Cantalapiedra focuses on producing single-vineyard bottlings that highlight the unique differences in their terroirs. In the cellar, they use wild yeasts for fermentation and add minimal to no sulfur, relying on natural processes to express the character of their vineyards.