VISUAL: Bright straw-yellow colour with green highlights.
NOSE: On the nose, it presents a complex, serious and fresh profile. Good aromatic intensity with a predominance of ripe white stone fruit (apricot, quince), to which are added remnants of citrus fruits (grapefruit), white flowers, bitter almonds and fine spicy touches (vanilla) with a soft toasted background of the oak as it ages.
PALATE: A fresh and fruity palate. The sensation on the palate is ample and enveloping. It offers structure, with a creamy rich sensation, due to contact with the lees in the different vessels. It is a wine with an elegant acidity. The ripe white fruit, citrus fruits and a slight background of oak reappear again, but the fruit predominates, resulting in a long and persistent finish.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Variety: 100% Albillo Mayor.
Vineyards: Old bush vines, between 60 and 100 years old, located in small plots, at an altitude between 820 and 990 meters, characterized by the variability of soils, where we can find from soils of sand, gravel, clay or limestone. They are cultivated by the traditional system without the use of herbicides or synthesis treatments.
Elaboration: After the manual harvest in boxes of 15 kilos, the grapes are cooled for one night. Then they are passed through the selection table, destemmed and we perform a cold maceration on skins for 24 hours. The free run must is fermented in new 500-liter French oak barrels, in amphoras, glass demijohn and in a concrete tank where the wine subsequently ages in contact with its fine lees, working them with batonnage for approximately 9 months. The final wine is a blend of the wine from the different vessels.
The story of the Winery started in 1995 in Ribera del Duero. It all started in the 15th century historic underground cavern below the restaurant El Lagar de Isilla in Aranda de Duero. There, at depth of 12 metres, the Zapatero Pinto family elaborated the first 50,000 bottles of wine which today serves as a reference for the 250,000 bottles now produced annually.
The success of the wines produced by Lagar de Isilla made the Zapatero Pinto family think about opening a new winery. The Enological Complex in La Vid was then constructed on a block of land with a colonial building dating from 1890. First the winery was constructed, the gourmet shop and then the hotel and last the Spa.
In recognition of their work, the Zapatero Pinto family have been awarded by the organization Rutas de Vino de España, the Award for Enotourism Merit.
The winery is part of the old building and has been constructed using materials from the period such as wood and stone. It consists of five warehouses and a social area with offices, a wine tasting room and a porch decorated with farmyard tools and tables typical from La Ribera del Duero.
Next to the winery also within the colonial block you will find The Boutique Hotel **** and its restaurant La Casona de La Vid, where you can enjoy our wines accompanied by the best products from the area.