Weingut über:
Valtuille Vino de Villa
-- Weingut: The Project of the winery includes a region wine, a village wine and several plots within the reds. Valtuille represents the village wine and its first vintage appears in 2016. Valtuille is a homage by César Márquez to the village which has seen him grow and where he has always lived. In the 2023 vintage we find grapes from 6 different plots of Valtuille: 15% of Villegas, 12% of Matalospardos, 25% of El Val, 8% of Las Gundiñas, 15% of El Tesín de la campana and 25%Brazos de Lillo. The soils of both plots have a high sandy content within the clay. 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. Our elaboration begins with the collection of grapes manually. Fermentation takes place in containers of 1.000 liters, with 25% of the whole grape. Each plot is vinified separately, including thewhite grape in the mixture, as it appears in the vineyard. 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 last between 15 and 21 days in which the work of each day consisted of slightly dipping the cap once a day. After this the bleeding and pressing are done and it is left to decant for 7 days. Then the wine is put into 500 liters barrels. In 2021 vintage a part of the wine age in new french oak foudres of 1.200 liters.
