SPAIN
BIERZO
BODEGAS CASTROVENTOSA, RAÚL PÉREZ, BIERZO
Bodegas y Viñedos Castro Ventosa is a winery located in Valtuille de Abajo. To talk about Castro Ventosa is to talk about a region, but mostly about people who are rooted to the land. These are people with their own style, dignified and discrete, detached from ephemeral disruptions, fashions and trends, simply in tune with the cyclical and monotonous rhythm of the seasons and the vineyard. At Castro Ventosa, life gravitates around the land, the vineyard, the grape and wine which can only be created as natural consequence of doing things right at every stage.
CASTRO VALTUILLE GODELLO
● White
Ref.: V0004892
Vintage: 2022
Grape Varietals: Godello
CASTRO VALTUILLE JOVEN
● Red
Ref.: V0000128
Vintage: 2022
Grape Varietals: Mencía
VALTUILLE CEPAS CENTENARIAS
● Red
Ref.: V0004893
Vintage: 2019
Grape Varietals: Mencía
BODEGAS Y VIÑEDOS RAÚL PÉREZ, BIERZO AND GALICIA
Raúl Pérez is serious about his work but doesn’t take himself too seriously. An accomplished and respected winemaker, he is also a person with great generosity of spirit, always open to collaborate and share his ideas with others. Raul believes that wine is made in the vineyard but is undeterred from trying a multitude of strategies to find that vineyard’s voice. As a winemaker, he seeks to capture the full potential of each site he works with; he has an uncanny knack for knowing what a vineyard needs and how to treat that vineyard’s grapes once in the winery to achieve their greatest expression. Bodegas y Viñedos Raúl Pérez produces rare, handcrafted, artisanal wines from varieties such as Mencía, Bastardo, Prieto Picudo, Godello, Albariño and others from the Northwestern DOs of Spain.
Valtuille Village-Ultreia
ULTREIA GODELLO
● White
Ref.: V0004183
Vintage: 2022
Grape Varietals: Godello
ULTREIA LA CLAUDINA
● White
Ref.: V0000759
Vintage: 2018
Grape Varietals: Godello, Field blend
RARA AVIS
● White
Ref.: V0000516
Vintage: 2010
Grape Varietals: Albarin
LA CLAVE
● Red
Ref.: V0004155
Vintage: 2020
Grape Varietals: Mencía, Garnacha Tintorera
ULTREIA SAINT JACQUES
● Red
Ref.: V0001321
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Mencía and others
ULTREIA VALTUILLE
● Red
Ref.: V0000624
Vintage: 2012
Grape Varietals: Mencía
LA TENTACIÓN
● Red
Ref.: V0000760
Vintage: 2012
Grape Varietals: Pinot Noir
Valtuille Villages-La Vizcaina
LA DEL VIVO
● White
Ref.: V0001314
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Godello, Field blend
LA VITORIANA
● Red
Ref.: V0004180
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Mencía, Field blend
EL RAPOLAO
● Red
Ref.: V0004181
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Mencía, Field blend
Galicia collaborations
EL PECADO (Ribeira Sacra)
● Red
Ref.: V0000222
Vintage: 2020
Grape Varietals: Mencía and others
LA PENITENCIA (Ribeira Sacra)
● Red
Ref.: V0000327
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Mencía and others
SKETCH (Rias Baixas)
● Red
Ref.: V0000584
Vintage: 2022
Grape Varietals: Albariño
CASA AURORA, GERMÁN BLANCO, BIERZO ALTO (VILLA DE ALBARES)
Casa Aurora is an outcome of high altitude, organic vine growing in the Upper Bierzo area. This is a personal project of German Blanco, whose family history brought him back to the village of his grandparents – Villa de Albares.
Weather difficulties and the mining boom (coal and gold) made people abandon wine production in the area. The vine growers who remained are now striving to recover, and Casa Aurora is at the center of this revival. German works with 3 vineyards planted with array of local grape varieties many decades ago. The vineyards total 5 hectares, so production is very small. The vines are in the villages of Albares de la Ribera and San Esteban. The soil here is mostly clayey (red clay with a high content of iron) with some sand and stones on the surface.
AURORA PePINK CLARETE
● Red
Ref.: V0005274
Vintage: 2022
Grape Varietals: Mencía and others
LA NAVE
● Red
Ref.: V0004578
Vintage: 2022
Grape Varietals: Mencía and others
CLOS PEPIN
● Red
Ref.: V0004600
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Mencía, Garnacha tintorera, Palomino, Portuguesa, Garnacha
VALLE DEL RIO
● Red
Ref.: V0000947
Vintage: 2020
Grape Varietals: Garnacha Tintorera, Garnacha, Mencía, Palomino
LA GALAPANA
● Red
Ref.: V0000837
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Mencía
POULA
● Red
Ref.: V0000836
Vintage: 2022
Grape Varietals: Mencía, Garnacha Tintorera, Portuguesa and 40% Palomino, Godello, Dona Blanca