Alcohol: 14.5%
Grape(s): 100% Tempranillo
Localization: Ribera del Duero, Spain
Tasting Notes: Clean and brilliant cherry color, with an intense floral and red forest fruits aroma, together with light spicy hints. In the mouth it is full-bodied, fresh, persistent and velvety.
Notes: Following a short cold pre-fermentation for 6 days below 12ºC, a controlled alcoholic (primary) fermentation is initiated, with seeding using our selected yeasts. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks with pumping over and two controls per day for density and temperature. At the end of this fermentation period the malolactic fermentation begins without the addition of bacteria, at a winery temperature of 22ºC for 24 days. The wine is transferred by separating it from the lees without filtering or clarifying. The wine is then rested in 300 liter French oak casks for 5 months.
The Domain: Pago de los Capellanes is located barely a kilometer from the village of Pedrosa de Duero, nestled deep in the heart of the Ribera del Duero region of Spain.
In the 14th century, a chaplainry existed in the village of Pedrosa de Duero. The village's inhabitants donated small parcels of land to the chaplains in appreciation for the religious duties they performed in the area.
Over time, the chaplainry came to have a sizeable landholding.
Some 500 years later, in 1855, the properties of the church and clergy were given over to the city council as part of the Ecclesiastical Confiscations of Mendizábal. Despite this, the inhabitants of Pedrosa continued to call the area “Pago de los Capellanes” in honour of the chaplains.
The estate was home to vineyards. Vines cultivated for generations. Today, these have grown to become one of the most prestigious wineries in the Ribera del Duero region, the Rodero Villa Winery.
The fruit of their work: Pago de los Capellanes.
Pago De Los Capellanes Vineyards
The vineyards of Pago de los Capellanes only grow Tinto Fino or Tempranillo grapes, the variety indigenous to the Ribera del Duero region.
Although the winery was initially founded with just a few select vines, we have expanded year after year with plantings of our best clones.
The plants that show the best adaptation to the soil and climate are selected in the field for further plantings. This ensures ample variety of parcels in the vineyard.
Each plot receives personalised care matching its unique features, so that we can harvest the best possible fruit.
