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Ophiusa 2021 | Cap de Barbaria | Formentera | Vinaris
  • Ophiusa 2021 | Cap de Barbaria | Formentera | Vinaris

Ophiusa 2021 | Cap de Barbaria | Formentera

21.40 €




Ophiusa 2021 | Cap de Barbaria | Formentera | Vinaris
Ophiusa 2021 | Cap de Barbaria | Formentera
21.40 €
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Cap de Barbaria, Vino de la Tierra de Formentera. 1.5 ha: 1 ha of Cabernet Sauvignon (60%) and Merlot (40%), planted in 1999; 0.5 ha of old-vine Monastrell and Fogoneu (40–50 years). Sandy soils (Cabernet Sauvignon) and stony soils (Merlot).

Harvested and vinified separately. Destemmed and gently crushed. Fermented in stainless steel. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot: aged 8 months in French oak barrels. Monastrell and Fogoneu: aged in stainless steel.

Ophiusa 2021 es un vino tinto de la bodega Cap de Barbaria, elaborado bajo la denominación IGP Formentera en las Islas Baleares, España. La producción se realiza a partir de una mezcla de variedades en una finca de 1,5 hectáreas. Una hectárea, plantada en 1999, es de Cabernet Sauvignon (60%) y Merlot (40%), sobre suelos arenosos y pedregosos respectivamente; la otra media hectárea es de Monastrell y Fogoneu, viñas viejas de entre 40 y 50 años.

La elaboración se centra en la distinción entre los componentes del vino. La vendimia y el proceso vinícola se realizan por separado. Se emplea un despalillado y un estrujado suave, seguido de una fermentación en tanques de acero inoxidable. En cuanto a la crianza, el Cabernet Sauvignon y el Merlot reposan durante 8 meses en barricas de roble francés, mientras que la Monastrell y la Fogoneu se mantienen en depósitos de acero inoxidable hasta su embotellado.

El resultado es una elaboración que separa las fases de maduración según la variedad, buscando equilibrar la estructura de los tintos internacionales con la expresividad de las variedades autóctonas de la isla.

Learn more about Cap de Barbaria

Ophiusa was the first name of Formentera and in Greek it means «island of the serpents». Pliny the Elder wrote about the dangerous snakes of the island, but there were never any snakes there: what he is assumed to have seen, or been told about, were the sargantanes, the lizards that are still everywhere.

The winery started in 2000, some six kilometres from Sant Francesc along the road that climbs to the Cap de Barbària lighthouse, the one that crowns a sheer hundred-metre cliff above the sea. The estate is called Can Andreuet.

What they set out to do was put the island's two varieties, monastrell and fogoneu, together with cabernet sauvignon and merlot.

The vineyard is a hectare and a half: one hectare of cabernet sauvignon at 60% and merlot at 40%, and half a hectare of monastrell and fogoneu from vines of 40 to 50 years. The cabernet sits on sand and the merlot on stony ground.

Each variety is picked and made separately. It is destemmed, gently crushed and fermented in stainless steel. The cabernet and merlot age eight months in French oak; the monastrell and fogoneu stay in steel tank.

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