DESCRIPTION
Fact sheet
Winery: Pago de Los Capellanes
Brand: O Luar do Sil Godello
Designation: D.O.: Valdeorras
Type: White wine
Vintage: 2022
Alcohol: 14%
Type of grapes: 100% Godello.
Vineyard and elaboration
This wine comes from old vineyard plots at an altitude of 450 metres in the town of Seadur. Viticulture is developed on deep clay soils and on very fragmented granited rocks. Grape selection is handmade, then grapes are steemed and softly crushed. It is refrigerated at 10ºC and a prefermentative maceration is carried out for 4 to 6 hours, so as to enhance the wine's aromatic component. Fermentation is made in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature of 16º to 18ºC. Once this process has finnished, part of the fine lees are selected to make a battonage for 2 months. battonage durante 2 meses.
Winery
It is a family winery born in the D.O. Ribera del Duero and that was taken care of by the father of the current owner. Centuries ago it was owned by the chaplains of the town. They were the first vitivulturists of the Designation Ribera del Duero and in 1996, they founded the winery at the foot of the vineyards. A third generation later joined Pago de los Capellanes through Estefanía Rodero Villa, daughter of Paco and Conchita. Thanks to her, the winery is guaranteed to belong to the family and new projects in another areas and landscapes can continue. In 2014, they started to elaborate white wines and that is how O Luar do Sil, the second family winery, was born.
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