Castro Ventosa 'Valtuille' Vino de Villa 2019

'Valtuille' Vino de Villa 2019 94WA
Castro Ventosa
Bierzo, Spain

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85% Mencía, 10% Alicante Bouschet
Vineyard: Several vineyards in Ventosa de Abajo
Altitude: 530 - 630 metres
Soil Type: Sandy and rocky clay
Vine Age: 50 to 90+ years old
Winemaking: Each parcel is fermented separately in stainless steel.  One year in 225 liter used barriques.

Vino de Villa is a blend of the pre-phylloxera single vineyard sites.  Serious with great volume and depth.  Great texture, balance and well integrated moderate alcohol.  Special wine and one of the winery’s greatest values in top-level wine.

94 pts 2021 Robert Parker Wine Advocate (Luis Gutierrez)
The first vintage to have the new official category on the label is the 2019 Valtuille Vino de Villa, and it's a barrel selection of barrels from the centenary vines and Villegas, El Val and some La Rata, three zones they like. This is the new focus of the winery; it's a very serious red, with volume and depth. It fermented in oak vats with 40% full clusters with the field blend and matured in 225- and 500-liter oak barrels. It has the grainy mouthfeel from the stems. It has more structure and ripeness but with great balance and moderate alcohol, really representing the village and the year. 12,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2021