Valdelosfrailes Crianza 2019
Matarromera in Cigales
Silver
Berliner Wein Trophy
Silver
Vinalies Internationales
Grand Gold Medal
Concours Mondial de Bruxelles
Despite being associated with rosés in the past, today Cigales is producing red wines that are attracting the attention of critics and public alike. Among the most outstanding – and one of our customers' favourites too – is Valdelosfrailes, created by Bodegas Familiares Matarromera. We bring you Valdelosfrailes Crianza 2019, an elegant red that combines a minerally touch with fruit and oak.
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General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Tempranillo
Type of barrel
French and American oak barrels.
Type of bottle
Bordeaux
Barrel aging time
12 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Total acidity (g/l)
5.1
Alcohol content (% vol.)
14
General Information
Carlos Moro (Bodegas Familiares Matarromera) wanted to start up a winery in the D.O. Cigales, where his family had a long winemaking tradition. Bodega Valdelosfrailes accordingly came into being in 1998, a firm that designs wines with the elegance that’s the company's hallmark. Valdelosfrailes Crianza 2019 was grown in their own Tempranillo vineyards located in Cubillas de Santa Marta and Quintanilla de Trigueros, very close to the winery.
These are plots of limestone soils with pebbles that infuse the wines with mineral notes. In addition, the vines endure long periods of water stress in summer, which results in very low yields but of high quality. This red wine was finally aged for 12 months in barrels and matured for a further 12 months in the bottle before its release.
Bodega Valdelosfrailes is part of Bodegas Familiares Matarromera, one of Spain's foremost winemaking groups, founded and headed by Carlos Moro as president. With this winery Carlos Moro has fulfilled his desire to make wine in Cigales, the land where his ancestors were already involved in winegrowing. Valdelosfrailes launched its first wines on the market at the end of the 1990s, based on an excellent vineyard and Tempranillo grapes. Today, this winery is a leading name in the D.O. Cigales.
Valdelosfrailes Crianza 2019 (D.O. Cigales) goes beautifully with lentil stew.
The winery
Sponsored by the family winemaking tradition in the D.O. Cigales, Carlos Moro (Bodegas Familiares Matarromera) founded Bodega Valdelosfrailes in the Valladolid municipality of Cubillas de Santa Marta. From its inception, the winery broke with the winemaking tradition of classic claretes to focus on high-quality wines, vinified primarily with the main variety of the region, the tempranillo, which thrives so well along the Duero river. Bodega Valdelosfrailes owns 60 hectares of its own vineyards and controls an additional 70 hectares.