Pago de los Capellanes Crianza 2022
HK$ 344.15
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Alcohol
13.5%
Grapes
Serving
Between 14ºC and 16ºC
Winemaking
Aged for 12 months in French oak barrels.
Description
There, where the Castilian plateau begins to break up into gentle undulations and the Duero river flows between ancient terraces, in the noble land of the Ribera del Duero, in the small and charming village of Pedrosa del Duero, Pago de los Capellanes was born as a family project guided more by respect than by haste. Tomás Postigo, alma mater of the winery in its early years, together with the Rodero-Villa family, understood from day one that this land had something to say... but it had to be allowed to speak at its own pace. It was a firm -and at the time courageous- commitment to micro-plots, manual harvesting and low intervention in the winery, when mass production was the norm.
Pago de los Capellanes Crianza arose from the desire to express the purity of Tempranillo in its most elegant and structured version, without resorting to artifice. A single varietal wine, born from vineyards located more than 800 metres above sea level, where the clay-limestone soil is combined with boulders and deep gravels that provide tension, structure and a dry, sober minerality.
The Ribera del Duero here does not impose itself with stridency, but reveals its character with a restrained, serene but firm energy. A harsh winter, restrained springs and summers of brutal thermal amplitude: all contribute to a slow, precise ripening, where the grapes gain in concentration without losing freshness. A wine that looks more like Burgundy than Bordeaux, despite being born in Castile.
Winemaking
The grapes for Pago de los Capellanes Crianza are harvested by hand, in small 15 kg boxes, with a double selection: first in the field, then bunch by bunch in the winery. Fermentations are carried out with indigenous yeasts, in stainless steel tanks, without acidification or correction. The maceration is prolonged, about 30 days, with gentle pumping over in order to extract fine tannins and primary aromas, without punishing the fruit.
Subsequently, the wine spends 12 months in fine-grained French oak barrels in selected cooperages that have worked with the winery for years. The ageing process does not seek to give the wine the prominence of wood, but rather to refine the wine, giving it structure, tension and complexity without covering up the varietal expression. It is not stabilised or excessively filtered: the wine speaks with authenticity.
Taste
From the first swirl in the glass, Pago de los Capellanes Crianza displays an elegant sobriety. No fireworks. Ripe black fruit, yes -plum, blackberry-but wrapped in a veil of graphite, undergrowth, a touch of fine leather and sweet spices: cinnamon, clove and a very faint hint of vanilla.
On the palate, the entry is ample and silky, with a core of ripe fruit that never becomes cloying. Firm but well-mannered tannins, like velvet with nerve. The acidity beats strongly - a rarity in this area - and keeps the wine lively, juicy, without losing its Castilian elegance. There is tension. There is pulse. And in the background, a mineral, dry, slightly saline trail, which distances it from the sweet wines and places it closer to the great European reds for ageing.
A wine that does not seek to impress by volume, but by harmony. Capable of ageing nobly, but also accessible in its youth if it is given some air. To accompany suckling lamb, but also a good mushroom risotto. For those who are looking for a more serious, more precise, less muscular and more measured Ribera. A contemporary classic.
Shipping to Hong Kong
Estimated transit time: 3 working days.
| Bottles | Price | Complete box |
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| 1-5 bottles | HK$ 135.60 | 6 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 7-11 bottles | HK$ 135.60 | 12 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 13-17 bottles | HK$ 135.60 | 18 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 19-23 bottles | HK$ 135.60 | 24 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 25-29 bottles | HK$ 135.60 | 30 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 31-35 bottles | HK$ 135.60 | 36 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 37-41 bottles | HK$ 135.60 | 42 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 43-47 bottles | HK$ 135.60 | 48 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 49-53 bottles | HK$ 135.60 | 54 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 55-59 bottles | HK$ 135.60 | 60 bottles, Free shipping! |
