Cantos de Valpiedra

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Wine Description

Cantos de Valpiedra, made entirely of Tempranillo harvested in mid-September, is fermented in stainless steel tanks with a 16-day maceration, before aging for 12 months in French and American oak barrels. It is a rich, round example of this famous Spanish style. In Finca Valpiedra the soil type is formed by a layer of pebble stones and limestone that give its name to the wines.

Finca Valpiedra Winery
Finca Valpiedra Vineyards
Finca Valpiedra Wine Cellar
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Acclaim
“Cantos is back in its rightful place as a second wine in 2014, after a year when all of this single estate’s grapes were used to make it in 2013, and is lighter and more elegant as a result. Pure Tempranillo with scented oak, smooth berry fruit and the freshness and fine tannins that are typical of the wines from this site.”
— Tim Atkin, MW, Feb 2018
“This medium-bodied Spanish red offers plenty of sweet oak notes together with red cherry fruit; it’s a good candidate for serving lightly chilled at a cookout.”
— Food & Wine, May 2019
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard name
Finca Valpiedra
Training method
Free System
Exposure:
Eastern / Western
Year vineyard planted:
1972
First vintage of this wine:
2005
Average Vine Age:
35-40
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Winemaking & Aging
Varietal composition:
100% Tempranillo
Fermentation container:
Stainless steel tanks
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
10 days
Fermentation temperature:
82 °F
Maceration technique:
Pumpovers
Malolactic fermentation:
Full
Type of aging container:
Barrels
Size of aging container:
225 L
Age of Aging Container:
Less than three years
Length of bottle aging:
18 months
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Analytical Data
Acidity:
5.6 g/L
Alcohol:
13 %
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Wine Production

VINIFICATION: Fermentation in stainless steel temperature-controlled vats. 16 days maceration.
AGEING: 12 months in French and American barrel.

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About the Vineyard

The Ebro River creates four big meanders in its way through La Rioja. One of them, between Fuenmayor y Cenicero, two towns devoted to viticulture, is the one where the 80 hectares of vineyard of our winery are planted.

Finca Valpiedra is a spectacular landscape divided into three terraces which slopes down to the river itself, and that our technical team has differentiated into fourteen plots, with altitudes between 406 and 427 meters.