Cardenal Rodrigo de Castro
Tinto 2022
Distinción Oro+en elGuía de vinos gallegos 2024del reconocido enólogo Luis Paadín.
2022 was hot and dry, and the vines gave us less fruit than usual. Fewer grapes meant more concentrated fruit, and you can taste it: blackberry first, then cherry, and madroño, the red fruit of the strawberry tree. It comes in soft and easy, then fills out, with fresh tannins holding it together. Luis Paadín gave it Oro+ in the Guía de Viños de Galicia, the first gold of our time here.
Free shipping on 12 bottles or more.
New bottlings are sealed with wax from our own bees.
SERVING AND STORAGE
Store the bottles on their side, somewhere dark and cool. Once open, put the cork back and finish it within three days.
SHIPPING AND RETURNS
Spain: €15 on orders under €100, €10 up to €250, €5 above that. Free on 6 bottles or more.
European Union: €25 on orders under €100, €20 up to €250, €15 above that. Free on 12 bottles or more.
United Kingdom and Switzerland: €25 per order to the UK, €30 to Switzerland. Import duty and tax are paid on delivery. Free on 12 bottles or more.
United States: shown at checkout. Free on 12 bottles or more.
Orders leave the bodega within two working days. If a bottle arrives damaged or corked, tell us and we will replace it.
FROM THE BODEGA
We make wine in Ribeira Sacra, where slate, granite and slopes above the Sil give Mencía its edge. The grapes are picked by hand and brought down in small crates. Nothing chemical touches the vines; plants, flowers and the living rows are part of the work.
FROM THE SLOPES
The slopes make you slow down.
The terraces rise above the Sil. Each grape comes down by hand, and the slate under the vines gives the wine its mineral edge.
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