SPAIN
RUEDA, RIBERA DEL DUERO
BODEGA GÓTICA, RUEDA
Bodega Gótica represents a third generation of vine growers Rueda. The enterprise encompasses 100 hectares of vines in the DO Rueda. They produce their white wines mainly from the indigenous Verdejo grape. In recent years they have received awards and praise from critics and press inside and outside of Spain.
BADAJO
● White
Ref.: V0000060
Vintage: 2023
Grape Varietals: Verdejo
TRASCAMPANAS
● White
Ref.: V0001332
Vintage: 2023
Grape Varietals: Verdejo
NEW CANTALAPIEDRA VITICULTORES, RUEDA AND TORO
Cantalapiedra Viticultores is a family run estate since 1949, in the village of La Seca the heart of Rueda. They have been working organically for 15 years and mainly selling their grapes. They started bottling their own wines in 2014 and acquired more old, ungrafted plots of vines.
Artisinal minded noninterventionist Manuel is thriving to produce authentic terroir driven Verdejo. Due to the more authentic soil expressionistic wines and less commercial styles Artisanal producers like him are excluded from the Rueda DO and label their wines under the Castilla y Leon Umbrella. Inspired by the potential of the Verdejo grape and the old dry-farmed vineyards, he has focused on bottling of small parcels that highlight the unique heritage of Rueda and Toro.
Cantayano is from 3 parcels, destemmed and macerated up to 24hrs before pressing, wild yeast fermented in Tank and 10% French oak on lees for 8 months, before fining and bottling without filtration.
La Otea is from 150year old, ungrafted vines on sandy soils, whole bunch pressed and fermented in 600l French barrel for 11months on lees. Bottled unfiltered and unfined.
CANTAYANO
● White
Ref.: V0005288
Vintage: 2023
Grape Varietals: Verdejo
ARENISCA LOS PILONES
● Red
Ref.: V0005289
Vintage: 2022
Grape Varietals: Tinta de Toro
MAJUELO DEL CHIVIRITERO
● White
Ref.: V0005290
Vintage: 2022
Grape Varietals: Verdejo
MAJUELO EL ESPEJO
● White
Ref.: V0005291
Vintage: 2022
Grape Varietals: Verdejo
BARCO DEL CORNETA, BEATRIZ HERRANZ, RUEDA, CASTILLA Y LEÓN (LA SECA)
Beatriz has created Barco del Corneta from her family’s vineyards in La Seca (Valladolid) in the area of Cantarranas after several years of working within the local wine community. Her wines are made with organically grown Verdejo grapes, fermented with local yeasts. She captures the essence of this variety grown on a sandy and stony soils. She produces 10,000 bottles of Barco del Corneta, fermented in oak barrels and aged on its lees for 8 months. The entry wine called Cucu also spends considerable amount of time ageing on its lees, which results in gastronomic and textural flavor.
CUCÚ (On lees)
● White
Ref.: V0004141
Vintage: 2022
Grape Varietals: Verdejo
BARCO DEL CORNETA (Single vinyeard)
● White
Ref.: V0000854
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Verdejo
LA SILLERIA (Old vines)
● White
Ref.: V0004292
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Verdejo
CÉSAR FERNÁNDEZ DÍAZ, RIBERA DEL DUERO, CASTILLA Y LEÓN
César Fernández Díaz grew up among vines (his family making wine in Aranda del Duero), but it was not until his agricultural studies, that he became more interested in viticulture and enology. His first experience as a winemaker was in 2012 at Bodegas Barabeleva alongside Marc Isart, whose ideas are strongly reflected in the way he works today. It was also through Marc that he met Dani Landi and Fernando Garcia, moving on to work for them in Ribeiro and later in Sierra de Gredos (Comando “G”), where he oversaw the recovery of the old vineyards. He farms 1.5 hectares around the village of Fuentelecésped, supplementing it with the purchased grapes from Peñarada de Duero (the vines here are certified organic and average 70 years old). César’s wines come from Ribera del Duero, but they are sold as VdT Castilla y León DO, as he works with wider range of grape varieties, some of which are not approved by the DO. Apart from Tempranillo we find here: Albillo Mayor, Pirules, Listan Prieto, Bastardo, Bobal and Garnacha all contributing to make mineral – driven wines with tension & electricity.
ESPANTABURROS CLARETE
● Clarete
Ref.: V0004732
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo field blend
ABADÍA DE ACÓN, RIBERA DEL DUERO
This family owned winery, located in Castrillo de la Vega, Burgos, BODEGAS AALTO Bodegas Aalto is one of the most innovative projects to emerge
DO Ribera del Duero, produces wines from their 35 hectares of vines. Vines are planted 800m above sea level. The yeald of grapes per vine is less than 2 kgs, in order to obtain the best quality and concentration, the harvest is carried out manually using 18kg baskets. Total production is 100,000 bottles.
ACÓN JOVEN
● Red
Ref.: V0000018
Vintage: 2022
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
ACÓN ROBLE
● Red
Ref.: V0000020
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
ACÓN CRIANZA
● Red
Ref.: V0000017
Vintage: 2019
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
ACÓN RESERVA
● Red
Ref.: V0000019
Vintage: 2017
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
MAGNUM ACÓN ROBLE
● Red
Ref.: V0005175
Vintage: 2020
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
QUINTA MILÚ, GERMÁN BLANCO, RIBERA DEL DUERO
Quinta Milú is the first of the three projects of our good friend and talented winemaker German Blanco. It is located in the small town called La Aguilera, in the province of Burgos, the northeast of Spain. The grapes come from old “Tempranillo” vineyards, cultivated in a traditional way and with respect for the environment which surrounds them. German works plot by plot, almost micro winemaking in small batches, with minimum intervention, favoring gentle extraction which can be described as an infusion. The resulting wines have rare delicacy and express nuances of the Tempranillo grown on altitude up to 900 m above the sea level. There are no pre-established protocols, each harvest is unique, each wine is unique – says German when asked about the way he works.
MILÚ
● Red
Ref.: V0000410
Vintage: 2023
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
QUINTA MILÚ LA COMETA
● Red
Ref.: V0000511
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
QUINTA MILÚ VALDEVICENTE
● Red
Ref.: V0000858
Vintage: 2019
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
QUINTA MILÚ VALDEVICENTE
● Red
Ref.: V0005052
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
QUINTA MILÚ BELLAVISTA ANFORA
● Red
Ref.: V0001372
Vintage: 2019
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
QUINTA MILÚ BELLAVISTA
● Red
Ref.: V0005050
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
QUINTA MILÚ VIÑAS VIEJAS
● Red
Ref.: V0000857
Vintage: 2019
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
QUINTA MILÚ VIÑAS VIEJAS
● Red
Ref.: V0005051
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
QUINTA MILÚ EL MALO
● Red
Ref.: V0000510
Vintage: 2019
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
BODEGAS AALTO, RIBERA DEL DUERO
Bodegas Aalto is one of the most innovative projects to emerge from Spain in recent years. Since Mariano García and Javier Zaccagnini joined forces in 1999, the winery has acquired some of the best vineyards in Ribera del Duero, including 32 hectares in 3 different sub-regions two in the province of Valladolid and one in the province of Burgos. These estates have been carefully planted with old clones of Tinto Fino (Tempranillo adapted to suite Ribera del Duero’s climate), which offers the most charactecteristic aromas and flavours of the region and the style that Bodegas Aalto pursues.
FUENTE DE LAS HONTANILLAS BLANCO
● White
Ref.: V0005184
Vintage: 2022
Grape Varietals: Verdejo
AALTO
● Red
Ref.: V0000005
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
AALTO PS
● Red
Ref.: V0000006
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
BODEGAS Y VIÑEDOS ALNARDO, RIBERA DEL DUERO
Since 2006, Peter Sisseck, winemaker of Dominio de Pingus has worked with former Alonso del Yerro’s winemaker Pablo Rubio to identify the vineyards and growers with the most potential in the area. Their aim is to guide those growers step- by-step towards farming healthier vines, yielding better fruit. The duo is supporting each grower with their expertise in organic and biodynamic farming, as well as experimenting with some locally sourced, natural composts known as “preparations” in biodynamic approach. The result is bottled as PSI.
PSI
● Red
Ref.: V0005148
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino, Garnacha, white varietals
DOMINIO DE PINGUS, PETER SISSECK, RIBERA DEL DUERO
While other Spanish wines have achieved international recognition, Pingus is one of the very few that has joined the ranks of the world’s most iconic wines. Like Coche-Dury’s Corton- Charlemagne, Guigal’s LaLa wines, or Giacomo Conterno’s Monfortino, Pingus is known and revered wherever great wine is discussed. Like those other esteemed names, Pingus has a quality that is often lacking in today’s “modern” wines—a sense of utter inviduality. For there is no other wine in the world today, that shares Pingus’ unique signature.
FLOR DE PINGUS
● Red
Ref.: V0004581
Vintage: 2016
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
FLOR DE PINGUS
● Red
Ref.: V0000243
Vintage: 2019
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
FLOR DE PINGUS
● Red
Ref.: V0004874
Vintage: 2020
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
FLOR DE PINGUS
● Red
Ref.: V0005144
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
PINGUS
● Red
Ref.: V0004580
Vintage: 2019
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
PINGUS
● Red
Ref.: V0004873
Vintage: 2020
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino
PINGUS
● Red
Ref.: V0005144
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Tinto Fino