Hacienda Casa del Valle Syrah 2022 is a luscious wine, with structure, ripe fruit and a roasted retronasal note. It comes from the grapes grown on the Valdelagua estate, located in the Tagus valley, in Yepes (Toledo). An estate that houses the winery and vineyards of Casa del Valle, owned by the Olarra Group.
Casa del Valle is characterised by producing under the philosophy of the ‘vinos de pago’, aiming to offer wines that capture the personality of the terroir of the Valdelagua estate (Yepes, Toledo), where the winery and vineyards are located. Hacienda Casa del Valle Syrah 2022 is an interesting single-varietal result of a careful selection of grapes. Night harvest with the objective of achieving maximum quality by avoiding the high daytime temperatures.
The fermentation was conducted at a controlled temperature of 23–25 °C with 15 days of maceration. Ageing for 6–8 months in French and American oak barrels. The expansive vocation of the Grupo Bodegas Olarra led it to launch a new project in the La Mancha region. Thus, Bodegas y Viñedos Casa del Valle was born in 2000, backed by three decades of experience making wines in Rioja. After an exhaustive search for the ideal location, Grupo Olarra acquired the Valdelagua estate, which today houses the facilities and vineyard of Casa del Valle, modelled on the ‘châteaux’.
The new owners undertook the complete refurbishment of the old winery and the restructuring of the vineyard. Today, Casa del Valle has 82 hectares of new vines, where international varieties dominate. Vines that grow on very poor soils with high salinity that induces water stress just enough to produce high-quality grapes.
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Under the heading Grupo Bodegas Olarra, three wineries are grouped: Olarra, Ondarre, and Casa del Valle, the latter being the most recent addition and the only one not located in Rioja, but in the lands of Castilla-La Mancha. Its journey began in the year 2000, after the acquisition of La Finca Valdelagua, where there was already an old winery that would be completely renovated. Today, the facilities boast the most advanced technology and a semi-underground aging cellar, and they are surrounded by 82 hectares of vineyards. Using only the fruits from these own vines, Casa del Valle produces wines that adhere to the philosophy of estate wines.
