Bendito Destino 'Field Blend' 2022
Regular price $179.00
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TASTING NOTE: Expect vibrant red fruits, earthy tones, and spices, with lifted brightness and elegance from the inclusion of white grapes. Medium to full-bodied with vibrant acidity and fine tannins, it’s a true masterpiece.
- ABOUT THE WINE: A blend made from estate vineyards, plus contracted fruit. Made of all seven different grapes found in the vineyards, with mostly Tempranillo, Garnacha, Bobal from reds and Albillo, Pirulés and Alarije in terms of whites. All sites are vinified separately and then blended together. Co-ferment with a combination of whole berry and whole bunches. Hand destemmed, open-top fermented, and 20-30% whole bunch. Aged in a variety of vessels for 14 months.
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ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Star sommeliers Terry Kandylis and Guillermo Cruz – a.k.a Bendito Destino – are fast establishing themselves as two of Ribera del Duero’s most ambitious new winemaking talents. In 2020, while exploring this part of Castilla y León, Terry and Guillermo saw the potential of several abandoned plots of centennial bush vines around the village of Canalejas de Peñafie. Within weeks they established Bendito Destino (“Blessed Destiny”) and set about restoring 4ha of Tempranillo, Garnacha, and Albillo vines using dry farming and organics. In a region known for ripe, highly extracted wines, Terry and Guillermo draw on Burgundian techniques with gentle punch downs and extractions to highlight the purity of the fruit. Harvested at night and destemmed by hand, grapes are foot trodden and fermented with wild yeasts in open containers, then bottled unfined and unfiltered.
- COUNTRY: Spain
- REGION: Ribera del Duero
- VARIETAL: Tempranillo, Garnacha, Bobal, Pirulés, Alarije
- WINE STYLE: Red Wine
- WINEMAKER: Terry Kandylis & Guillermo Cruz
- CLASSIFICATION: Minimal Intervention, Sustainable Farming
- CLOSURE: Cork
- ABV%: 12.5%
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SIZE: 750ml
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