Weingut über:
Parajes
-- Weingut: The Project of the winery includes a region wine, a village wine and several plots within the reds. Parajes represents the region wine and its first vintage appears in 2016. In its preparation grapes from different parts of Bierzo have been used, each plot has been elaborated separately. In the 2023 vintage, grapes from 9 villages of El Bierzo were used: Valtuille, Arganza, Toral, San Pedro de Olleros, Villadecanes, Valdecañada, San Clemente, San Juan de Paluezas and Hornija. We elaborate each plot separately, with a total of 48 vinifications. Within these places plots at El Rapolao, Villegas, Pico Ferreira, Sufreiral and El Val are notable. In the vinifications the white grape of each plot is present, as it appears in the vineyard. After a dry 2022 throughout Spain, 2023 began with a very cold, rainy winter with strong winds, like those of our childhood. Frost and cold days lasted until spring, which advanced with warm days, threatening an early bud break. After a warm and rainy May, temperatures dropped again in June. Then came more rains and thunderstorms along with some very hot days. This weather made us especially vigilant to avoid the appearance of mildew. July and August were characterized by moderate temperatures. In September the grape harvest began, with plenty of grapes but not very large bunches. It was a vintage like the ones of yesterday; the rains made us harvest many days with waterproof suits. A year with a rainfall of almost 900 litres/m2 has given us wines with more fluidity, reminding us of the 2001 or 2021 vintages. Fresh, floral and more delicate wines than the previous vintage. The grapes were collected manually, each plot was fermented independently, with the final mixture having around 20% of whole grape. The harvest lasted 16 days. The grapes are gently stepped on, so that a part of the grapes remains whole in the fermentation, which is carried out spontaneously by the yeast itself without adding any other. The macerations occur between 17 and 60 days of contact.After pressing, the wine is introduced separately in barrels, except for a part, corresponding to the Valtuille vineyards, which ages in a 5.000 litre foudre. After one year, the barrels are emptied and the different plots are assembled.
