2023 Cantalapiedra Viticultores 'El Espejo', Castilla y Leon, Spain Bernhard Huber The ample palate develops notes

The ample palate develops notes of brûléed sugar and baked pear lengthened with spearmint and clove

well-made gin from conscientiously sourced ingredients

aged 6 months in cement tank

His winemaking is generally quite reductive as he uses no SO2 until bottling

made with a soft voluntary oxidation

2023 Cantalapiedra Viticultores 'El Espejo', Castilla y Leon, Spain Bernhard Huber The ample palate develops notes100% Verdejo, vines planted in 1999 by Issac (Manuels dad). 750m elevation Manuel notes that it has a really singular soil. It has much less pebbles than usual and also a higher proportion of clay which translates in a much cooler soil. A layer of marl & limestone is found at only 40cm from the surface which gives a higher calcareous character to the wine Fermentation and aging for 11 moths in French & Austrian casks, and additional 7 months in steel