Capellanía 2019 Magnum con Estuche de Madera

2019 saw an early start of the harvest, with low yields and small grapes with concentration but balance. The 2019 Capellanía, an update on the long-aging whites from yesteryear, was produced with grapes picked on the 10th and 11th of September. The must fermented in concrete and matured in French oak barrels for 23 months, followed by another 13 months in concrete. It did not go through malolactic. They increased the time in concrete after aging in barrel, which seems to have worked very well; the wine is subtler, more elegant and balanced. It's direct, precise, fresh and elegant, with a vibrant palate and certain lightness. It has energy and light. 30,378 bottles and 1,204 magnums produced. It was bottled in May 2023.

This impressive Viura comes from a six hectare vineyard called Pago Capellania that occupies the highest part of the Ygay Estate at 485 metres. Still youthful at nearly five years of age, it's a pithy, stylishly wooded white that has a long life ahead of it, with top notes of jasmine and thatch, plenty of focus and minerality and tangy pear and citrus fruit flavours. Give it time. 2024-32.