ARROCAL Las Canteras white guard 2024

Description

Arrocal Las Canteras Blanco de Guarda 2024 is one of the parcel wines from Bodegas Arrocal, the family project of brothers Asier and Rodrigo Calvo in Gumiel de Mercado (Burgos), in the Ribera del Duero DO. Made using organic methods, it is an unusual white wine in an area known for its reds.

It has been aged for 12 months in used French oak barrels.

The winery's history began in 1999, when Moisés Calvo and Rosa Arroyo decided to restore the family vineyards; in 2003, they built their own winery. Their children, trained in wine-growing regions such as Oregon (United States) and Umbria (Italy), have been the technical managers since 2019 and have completely transformed Arrocal's viticulture and winemaking: soil study and characterization, parcel classification, and massal selection typical of Gumiel de Mercado, in addition to the restoration of old vineyards and local varieties.

Arrocal's parcel wines come from a specific place, with minimal intervention and the aim of expressing the character of the vineyard.