CASAR DE BURBIA GODELLO
HK$190
Casar de Burbia is a family winery located in the historic region with the protected designation of origin "El Bierzo", devoted to producing red/white wines from our own vineyards.
The most significant assets of the winery are undoubtedly its 27 has of vineyards surrounding the Road to Santiago. The blue-ribbon variety is the Mencia, possibly in the vineyards next to the Road to Santiago is found the oldest Mencia in El Bierzo.
When the Fernández Bello family began to buy old vineyards in 1989, those on the mountain of Valtuille de Arriba were suffering a gradual and evident neglect due to their limited production compared to the fertile valley. However, the value of these vineyards is currently unquestionable, both due to its steep slopes facing towards the sun, which drains any possible accumulation of excess water, as well as its altitude above 700 m, which provides a significant temperature difference between night and day.
The value added of old vineyards and the quality of the mountain vineyard, with a high tannic concentration, has allowed the winery to produce quality wines and always with minimal aging.
When the Fernández Bello family began to buy old vineyards in 1989, those on the mountain of Valtuille de Arriba were suffering a gradual and evident neglect due to their limited production compared to the fertile valley. However, the value of these vineyards is currently unquestionable, both due to its steep slopes facing towards the sun, which drains any possible accumulation of excess water, as well as its altitude above 700 m, which provides a significant temperature difference between night and day.
The value added of old vineyards and the quality of the mountain vineyard, with a high tannic concentration, has allowed the winery to produce quality wines and always with minimal aging.
Introduction of region and grape
El Bierzo, located in the North-West of Spain, is a mountainous region crossed by the Road to Santiago (Way of Saint James) which the pilgrims used to call the “Spanish Switzerland”. This extreme mountain feature is what makes it, together with its climate and soil, one of the ideal regions worldwide to grow vineyards.
The Mencía grape is the main variety of El Bierzo. This stock, scorned until very recently, has managed in the last few years to seduce the best enologists and wine producers in Spain, who have slowly gone looking for it in their territory, even highlighting it as one of the Spanish varietal jewels. They have understood it contains enormous potential and the challenge of bringing out all the possibilities it conceals to make great wines with character. Wines full of subtleties, with a good aging capability, and deep expressiveness of the history-laden terroir they grow in.