White and red wines from DO Rueda, Spain
The Denomination of Origin Rueda was approved by the Ministry of Agriculture on January 12, 1980 been the first one approved in the Region of Castilla y León, Spain.
The acknowledgement and protection of its autochthonous grape variety, the Verdejo, was earned.We posses exceptional natural resources for the production of top-quality wines, specially white wines but also, from the 5 of August of 2008 the red wines and rosé are protected too.
The production area included in the Denomination of Origin Rueda is located in the Region of Castilla y León, Spain.
<p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>VARIETY</strong>: 100% Verdejo</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px;">ELABORATION PROCESS</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">: Nocturnal mechanical and manual harvested grapes. Previous crio-maceration of the grapes and fermentation at a controlled temperature, with a subsequent maturing on its fine less.</span></p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px;">TASTING NOTES</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">: At sight, pale yellow colour with green glints, bright and clean. The nose is intense and complex with light floral notes and slight touches of fruits such as green apple and pear. Ir also reminds to typical herbal essences from the Verdejo variety. In the mouth is elegant, fresh and unctuous. It has a crispy acidity and a charateristic final bitter touch, typical of the verdejo.</span></p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>BEST ENJOYED</strong>: Excellent as fish, white meats, seafood, rice and pasta.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>RESIDUAL SUGAR</strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">: 1.7</span> g/l</p>
- Alcohol: 13
- Type of wine: Aged White Wine
<p>Wine vinified with 70% Verdejo and 30% Viura grape Varieties.</p> <p>Cold grape Maceration for 10 hours, before pressing. Racking of the must and fermentation occurs in temperatura controlled, stainless-steel tanks, while the lees are stirred in order to keep them in suspensión.</p> <p>Serve between 7º and 10ºC</p> <p>Pale yellow color with greenish hues, very clean and bringht. Intense frutal aromas along with White flower and fennel. Balanced, round, juicy and fresh, with a pleasant bitter finish.</p>
- Alcohol: 12.5
- Type of wine: Young White Wine
<p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>VARIETY</strong>: 95% Verdejo, 5% Viura</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>VINEYARD AND SOIL</strong>: Between 12 and 15 years old vines from our own vineyards, planted on a plateau, at an average altitude of 750 meters, where the soils are made of pebbles, sand and limestone.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>CLIMATE</strong>: Continental climate characterized by very cold winters and dry summers, with temperatures strongly contrasted between hot days and cool nights.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>WINEMAKING PROCESS</strong>: Grapes harvested by night with low temperature conditions, preserving the typical features of the variety. Refrigerated maceration that allows a higher aromatic extraction. Fermented in stainless steel, between 10 and 15 days, at a temperature of 16ºC. Aged for 3 or 4 months on the fine lees. Bottled without fining, on cold stabilization.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>RESIDUAL SUGAR</strong>: 1.3 g/l</p>
- Alcohol: 13
- Type of wine: Young White Wine
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"><strong>Varieties</strong>: Made 100% from Verdejo grapes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"><strong>Climatic year</strong>: Rainy and cold winter, wet and warm spring and hot and dry summer.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"><strong>Mechanical harvest</strong>: 90%</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"><strong>Manual harvest:</strong> 10%</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"><strong>Average output</strong>: 50 Hls/Ha</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"><strong>Wine making</strong>: cleaning of the cluster, pressing and macerating at a low temperature of 10ºC for 12 hours.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Dreg cleaning of the extracted unfermented grape juice. Fermentation at 18ºC. Filtration.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"><strong>Bottling Date:</strong> on January, 2017.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"><strong>Selling Date</strong>: from January, 2017.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"><strong>Recommended serving temperature</strong>: from 8ºC to 9ºC.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif;">Presentation: bottles of 75 cl in boxes of 12 or 6 bottles</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"><strong>Alcoholic Degree</strong>: 12,96%Vol</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"><strong>Total Acidity</strong>: 5,61 grs/l</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"><strong>Dry Extract:</strong> 22 grs/l.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"><strong>Reducing Sugars</strong>: 1,40 grs/l.</span></p>
- Alcohol: 12.5
- Type of wine: Young White Wine
<p style="font-size: 13px;"><u><b>ABOUT THE WINERY</b></u></p> <p>Bodegas Castelo de Medina was founded by three wine lovers in 1996 in the heart of the Rueda Designation of Origin, in a small town called Villaverde de Medina in the Province of Valladolid (Spain). We grow, harvest and select grapes and make, bottle and market wine in Castelo de Medina. Year after year our superb quality wines and services make us one of the most highly renowned wineries of the Rueda Designation of Origin. Our extensive range of red, white and rosé wines has been won prizes at the main national and international competitions as a result of the great investments in quality we have made in our winery since it was founded. The winery, which features traditional Castilian architecture (face brick, stone, wrought iron and wood), is equipped with advanced technologies for producing high quality wines. Although it is involved in continuous R&D+i projects, first and foremost is its dedication to local, traditional wine-making principles.</p> <p><u><strong>PRESENTATION</strong></u></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Young white wine. 100% Verdejo. 3 months in French oak. Apellation Rueda.</span></p> <p><strong>Description</strong>: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">The wine is clean and bright, with pale yellow color with greenish hue. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">The nose is fine and elegant, with aromas of classic Verdejo as dill, fennel, anise, apple gain complexity with light toasted spices and notes of pastry that has yielded the barrel during their upbringing.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">The palate is broad, long, fleshy and round, reappearing fruits and spices. It has a long finish and aftertaste that invites further tasting.</span></p> <p><strong><u>TECHNICAL INFORMATION</u></strong></p> <p><strong>Composition: </strong>100% Verdejo.</p> <p><strong>Analysis</strong>: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Alcoholic content: 13% vol.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Total acidity (TH2): 5.60 g/l.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Volatile acidity (Acetic acid): 0.20 g/l.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Free sulphurous: 30 ppm.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Residual sugars: 3.50 g/l.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">PH: 3.20</span></p> <p><strong>Consumption</strong>: R<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">inking temperature: 8º - 10ºC. / </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Serving temperature: 6º - 8ºC.</span></p> <p><strong>Conservation</strong>: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Optimum temperature: 6º - 10ºC. </span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Optimum humidity: 70%.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Store in a dark, slightly ventilated place.</span></p>
- Alcohol: 13.5
- Type of wine: Young White Wine
<p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>VARIETY</strong>: 100% Verdejo</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>VINEYARDS</strong>: The big changes or temperature between the day and the night. Long a very cold winters make that the grapes have a perfect health and alcoholic maturity. The vineyard's located a few kilometers from the capital Valladolid are the furthest north of the D.O. Rueda.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>ELABORATION PROCESS</strong>: The wines is from a natural night harvest. Elaborated from grapes picked at night from old vines, planet on gravel land and fermented for 22 days at 14º for 22 days. Then it stays on its fine lee for 4 months.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>TASTING NOTES</strong>: At sight it is clean, brilliant, live, straw yellow with greenish iridescence. The nose is of powerful aroma of fresh grass, with aromas of fennel, medium intensity and complex. In the mouth os persistent, oily, elegant, structured, full-bobied, and fledhy. It has a wonderful and very persisten finish. Perfectly well balanced with their acidity.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>MARRIAGE</strong>: Fish, sea food, rice and Mediterranean diet.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>TEMPERATURE OF CONSUMPTION:</strong> 10ºC</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>RESIDUAL SUGAR: </strong>4 g/l</p>
- Alcohol: 12.5
- Type of wine: Young White Wine
