ARROCAL Casablanca Vineyard 2024

Description

Arrocal Parcela Casablanca 2024 is a single-plot red wine from Bodegas Arrocal, the family project of brothers Asier and Rodrigo Calvo in Gumiel de Mercado (Burgos), in the Ribera del Duero DO. The winery's history began in 1999, when their parents, Moisés Calvo and Rosa Arroyo, decided to restore the family vineyards; in 2003 they built their own winery. Today, their children, trained in wine regions such as Oregon and Umbria, have taken over and are behind some of the most interesting wines in Ribera.

Made with 100% Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) grapes from the Casablanca plot, a 2.9-hectare vineyard classified as VCS (Viñedo Calificado Superior), located at an altitude of 884 meters in the northern area of the municipality, in the heart of the Valle de Valdiruela. The soils are clay-limestone, rich in calcium carbonates: the white bedrock gives the plot its name, as "casablanca" refers to a house in the area built with that same limestone. The vineyard is cultivated with organic certification.

The result is a fresh, fruity, and juicy red wine, with a different profile in which the fruit takes center stage and the clay and limestone are a subtle accompaniment. The aging takes place for 12 months in used barrels and French oak vats, to preserve the purity of the fruit and the character of the place without the wood taking center stage.

A very limited edition wine, designed for those seeking the freshest and most precise Ribera del Duero, with plot identity and minimal intervention.