Fino Arroyuelo | Primitivo Collantes

Name: Fino Arroyuelo | Primitivo Collantes
Brand: Primitivo Collantes
SKU: 779
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Fino Arroyuelo is produced by Primitivo Collantes, an artisan bodega rooted in Chiclana de la Frontera, in the heart of the Marco de Jerez. The wine comes from Viña Matalián, a vineyard planted on the region's prized albariza soils — the white chalky limestone-clay that retains moisture and lends a distinctive mineral tension to the fruit — with 100% Palomino Fino, the emblematic variety of Jerez.

Fermentation is spontaneous and temperature-controlled at 22–24°C, after which the wine is fortified to 15% ABV and aged for a full five years under the veil of flor via the traditional criaderas and soleras system — an exceptional ageing period for a Fino that goes well beyond the standard three to four years of most Marco de Jerez Finos.

Fino Arroyuelo, elaborado por la bodega familiar Primitivo Collantes, es un vino generoso procedente de la denominación de origen Jerez, en Andalucía (España). La producción se centra íntegramente en la variedad Palomino Fino, cultivada exclusivamente en la Viña Matalián. Este viñedo se asienta sobre suelo de albariza, una tierra blanca de composición caliza-arcillosa que retiene la humedad y confiere una mineralidad distintiva al mosto.

El proceso de elaboración respeta un método artesanal. La fermentación se realiza de forma espontánea y controlada a temperaturas entre 22 y 24 °C para preservar la identidad de la fruta. Tras esta fase, el vino se encabeza hasta alcanzar los 15° de alcohol, un nivel exacto que favorece el desarrollo del velo de flor, esencial para la crianza biológica. La maduración se extiende durante cinco años bajo la protección de este velo, gestionado a través del sistema de criaderas y soleras. Esta duración de crianza supera el estándar habitual de tres o cuatro años que caracteriza a la mayoría de los Finos de la zona.

Al tratarse de un vino de criaderas y soleras, en él confluyen diferentes cosechas. Su carácter se define por una mineralidad singular derivada del suelo y la larga crianza bajo flor.

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Learn more about Primitivo Collantes

The winery began in 1889, when the brothers Primitivo and Tomás Collantes arrived in Chiclana de la Frontera from the Valle de Iguña, in Cantabria. Their first harvest was in 1903, and they bought part of a winery at Calle Ancha, 51, which is still their home today.

In town it is known as Bodega El Gallo. Today the fourth generation runs it, with another Primitivo at the helm. They buy neither grapes nor wine from anyone, and sell no must to other wineries: everything that leaves here is from Chiclana and from the family.

The Palomino vineyard lies 8 kilometres from the sea, in the Pozo Galván and Matalián plots, on albariza in its different forms — tosca cerrada, lustrillo and tajón — with Moscatel de Grano Menudo alongside the Palomino. Ageing runs through the criaderas and soleras system.

The range is led by the Arroyuelo fino and the Amontillado Fossi, which gets a second fortification with Arroyuelo after its time under flor. Moscatel Oro Los Cuartillos comes from 2 hectares of Moscatel de Grano Menudo, with no sun-drying and no arrope. El Trovador Cream is blended with over 20% Moscatel de Grano Menudo instead of Pedro Ximénez. And under IGP Cádiz they make Socaire, from Tintilla de Rota and other varieties native to the area.

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