Manuel Cantalapiedra

Verdejo 'Cantayano' 2023

Name: Verdejo 'Cantayano' 2023
Brand: Manuel Cantalapiedra
SKU: CANTAverdejo23
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Viticulturist Isaac Cantalapiedra and his winemaker son Manuel work some 20
hectares of vineyards with 7 hectares in production, spread over several plots in the
municipality of La Seca - the heart of the Rueda appellation and home to the Verdejo
grape. While most producers in the region have embraced the ultra-modern styles of
Verdejo (industrial farming, cultured yeasts, acidification, and cold fermentation) to
make an internationally appealing wine, the Cantalapiedra vineyards are certified
organic and their winemaking is resolutely natural. They work with fully ripe fruit,
ferment with wild yeasts with little temperature control, and very little sulfur. They
experiment with whole cluster fermented red wines, orange wines with skin contact, zero sulfur-added pet-nats, and wines under flor. Although the Cantalapiedra’s work is
outside of the Rueda D.O., one could say that they are the “Torchbearers for Real
Rueda.”

Cantayano is 100% Verdejo from 3 parcels - “Las Comas,” “El Chivitero,” and “Los
Picones.” Grapes are destemmed, and macerated 4-24 hours before pressing. The juice is wild yeast fermented 90% in steel vat, 10% in used French barrels, raised on lees for 8 months, and bottled with a light filtration and fining. The result is one of the most authentic Verdejos we have tasted, with firm structure and a bewitching stone fruit herbal depth. This is a perfect wine to pair with flaky fish, sheep’s cheeses, and
croquetas.

- Jose Pastor Selections

Verdejo 'Cantayano' 2023

Verdejo 'Cantayano' 2023

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