Áster Finca El Caño Reserva 2020 is a spectacular tempranillo monovarietal that has been perfected over 12 months in French oak and produced only for us. It is a broad, voluminous wine with a very good structure. It was created from one of the best harvests that there has been in Ribera del Duero in the last decade, 2020, classified as Excellent by the Regulatory Council.
Due to its organoleptic characteristics, Áster Finca El Caño Reserva 2020 will pair well with a thousand wonderful dishes such as roast suckling pig or lamb.
Medrano Irazu Colección de Familia Reserva 2019 is made 100% with tempranillo. The grapes come from vineyards located in Laguardia and Elvillar (Rioja Alavesa), with clay-lime soils. The harvest was carried out manually in small crates of 12kg to take the greatest care of the fruit. Once in the winery, destemmed and crushed, fermentation took place for 20 days at a controlled temperature with a maximum of 28ºC in stainless steel tanks. Daily pumping over was carried out to obtain a good extraction of colour and tannins.
The resulting wine was aged for 18 months in French oak barrels and refined for a minimum of 10 months more in bottles before being launched.
- 6 bottles of Áster Finca El Caño Reserva 2020
- 6 bottles of Medrano Irazu Colección de Familia Reserva 2019
General features
The winery
Winery
Oenologist
Winemaker
Casa Castillo (1991) is a family-owned 'boutique' winery committed to the terroir and estate wines. In the early nineties, José María Vicente decided to take the leap into winemaking, relying on the vineyards of the estate his grandfather had purchased in the 1940s.
The estate is located on the high plateau of Jumilla, on slopes reaching up to 760 meters in altitude, sheltered by the Sierra del Molar. Already in the 1980s, José María and his father Nemesio initiated a restructuring of the vineyard. After the renovation of the old winery on the estate, the first wines were launched on the market in 1993.
Casa Castillo was one of the pioneers in recognizing the potential of the monastrell grape for producing high-quality wines. Today, it is a benchmark winery for quality, not only in the D.O. Jumilla but also on a national level. Its prestige is largely based on the preservation of those old dry-farmed monastrell vineyards, many of which are planted on their own rootstock.