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El Cepón is located in the municipality of Villadecanes, close to the winery. El Cepón is a paraje (place) with 20hs of old vineyards of mencía on slopes.
Age: average 50 years old
Altitud: 480 m. above sea level
Exposure: southeast
Vineyard: only from one vineyard located in El Cepón
landscape.
Grape: mencía
Soils: sand, clay
Vinification: hand harvested. Traditional vinification (influenced by French wine-making methods). Totally destemed without crushing. Fermentation with autochthonous yeasts in a stainless steel tank.
Ageing and bottling
13 months in fudre
There’s an attractive fresh and sleek feel to this wine that carries a wealth of fresh dark plums and summer berries, too. The palate is silky yet powerful, really neatly framed and precisely cut
Guía Gourmets 2023: 96 pt (2020)
James Suckling 2022: 94 pt. (2020)
Guía Vivir el Vino 2022, 98 pt (2019)
Semana Vitivinícola 2021: 98 puntos (2019)
Guía Semana Vitivinícola 2020: 95pt. (2017)
Guía Gourmets 2020: 93 pt (2017)
James Suckling 93 pt. (2017)
Guía Semana Vitivinícola 2019: 97pt. (2017)
Guía Peñín 2020: 93pt. (2016)
Guía Vivir el Vino 2019, 93 pt (2016)
Guía Semana Vitivinícola 2018 96pt (2016)
39.00 €
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